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From left, Myrtle Cartwright and Kayla Carter make thin blue line ribbons to donate to first responders Friday. Cartwright is the owner of Bertha's Flower Shop on 103 W. Chickasaw Street in Brookhaven. Ribbons were made in honor of Troy Floyd, a Summit Police Officer and Lincoln County resident killed in the line of duty Thursday. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Hayden Waldon with East Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department carries a few thin blue line ribbons out of Bertha's Flower Shop Friday afternoon. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Myrtle Cartwright, owner of Bertha's Flowers in Brookhaven, works on making thin blue line ribbons Friday. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Flags flew at half mast Friday morning in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse.  At 103 West Chickasaw Street, Bertha’s Flower Shop employees were busy making thin blue line ribbons. Owner Myrtle Cartwright said they were donating small ribbons for police officers, firefighters, ambulance workers, nurses and military servicemen. 

Black and blue ribbons were affixed to the Ameriprise Financial office door on 1st Street. All tributes to Lincoln County resident and Summit police officer Troy Floyd who was killed in the line of duty Thursday. 

“We are just doing it for Floyd. We knew him basically as a family friend,” Cartwright said. “We felt like supporting our community and this was the least we could do.” 

The small ribbons can be affixed to radio antennas, car antennas and license plates. 

Her granddaughter Kayla Carter worked to make bigger ribbons. 

“He was in here all the time and would stop by to check on us,” Carter said. 

Friday afternoon, a sheriff’s deputy, a firefighter from East Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department and a Lincoln County E911 Dispatcher stopped by the shop to pick up ribbons in the span of five minutes. 

Lincoln County Baptist Association will host a prayer rally Saturday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. for Floyd at Easthaven’s cross.

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