Nevertheless as far as can be made out from this photo it is Cornus florida.

Need a closer and better pic of the blooms.

Definately a dogwood, likely cornus florida, as stated above.

I wonder if possibly the earlier blooming tree you've heard called a dogwood, is actually a Star Magnolia. I suggest this because near me (Virginia), the Star Magnolias are small trees with beautiful white blooms that are the first tree to bloom in spring. In my neighborhood they are finished blooming already. Dogwoods, however, have not started blooming yet, so they are at least 2 months behind the Star Magnolia's bloom time. Both the Star Magnolia and the common form of Dogwood are small trees with white blooms that come out before the green leaves, so they do have that in common.

My first thought was dogwood but really need a closer in photo to see the distinctive blossoms.

Here is the original post that prompted this one.......What Kind of Tree is This. Although the OP was not convinced (hence this follow up posting), it is unmistakably a dogwood.