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Amos Monroe “Dick” Samples

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Amos Monroe “Dick” Samples

Birth
Clay County, West Virginia, USA
Death
29 Nov 1971 (aged 74)
Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Dick was the son of Abner Jehu Samples and Laura Alice Dodd Samples. He was born on Twistabout Ridge in Clay Co., WV. He married Vanna B. Paxton on 26 May 1918, at her parents' home in Clay Co., WV.

Point Pleasant Register
December 1, 1971
pg. 14

Amon [sic] Samples Dies Monday

Amon [see note below] (Dick) Samples, 74, a native of Clay and more
recently residing in Mason, died Monday at 11:45 p.m. in Holzer
Medical Center. He once lived at Cedar Grove and Cross Lanes.

Mr. Samples was a boiler engineer and was a charter member of the
Mason First Baptist Church. He was born July 24, 1897, in Clay
County, a son of John [sic] and Alice Samples.

Survivors include the widow, Vanna Samples; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel
Stephens, Fayetteville, N. C., and Mrs. Betty Pauley, Mason; sons
Harold Samples, Cross Lanes, and Frank Samples, Nitro; 12 grandchildren
and 10 brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. from First
Baptist Church at Mason with the Rev. Harold Cunningham officiating.

Burial will follow in the Samm's [sic] Cemetery, Clay County.

Friends will be received at the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, after
3 p.m. Wednesday. The family has requested flowers be omitted and
donations made to the First Baptist Church fund at Mason.

Note: His name was Amos Monroe "Dick" Samples, son of Abner Jehu
Samples. He was originally buried in the Sams Cemetery in Clay Co.
but was later moved to Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Mason Co.
Dick was the son of Abner Jehu Samples and Laura Alice Dodd Samples. He was born on Twistabout Ridge in Clay Co., WV. He married Vanna B. Paxton on 26 May 1918, at her parents' home in Clay Co., WV.

Point Pleasant Register
December 1, 1971
pg. 14

Amon [sic] Samples Dies Monday

Amon [see note below] (Dick) Samples, 74, a native of Clay and more
recently residing in Mason, died Monday at 11:45 p.m. in Holzer
Medical Center. He once lived at Cedar Grove and Cross Lanes.

Mr. Samples was a boiler engineer and was a charter member of the
Mason First Baptist Church. He was born July 24, 1897, in Clay
County, a son of John [sic] and Alice Samples.

Survivors include the widow, Vanna Samples; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel
Stephens, Fayetteville, N. C., and Mrs. Betty Pauley, Mason; sons
Harold Samples, Cross Lanes, and Frank Samples, Nitro; 12 grandchildren
and 10 brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. from First
Baptist Church at Mason with the Rev. Harold Cunningham officiating.

Burial will follow in the Samm's [sic] Cemetery, Clay County.

Friends will be received at the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, after
3 p.m. Wednesday. The family has requested flowers be omitted and
donations made to the First Baptist Church fund at Mason.

Note: His name was Amos Monroe "Dick" Samples, son of Abner Jehu
Samples. He was originally buried in the Sams Cemetery in Clay Co.
but was later moved to Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Mason Co.

Gravesite Details

There is also a marker for Dick in Sams Cemetery in Clay County, WV. After the death of his wife Vanna, Dick's remains were moved to Kirkland Memorial Gardens.

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  • Created by: Marilyn E.
  • Added: Apr 2, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25696607/amos_monroe-samples: accessed ), memorial page for Amos Monroe “Dick” Samples (24 Jul 1897–29 Nov 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25696607, citing Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Marilyn E. (contributor 46930396).