MRS. TOM SAMPLES DIED YESTERDAY AT COLUMBIA
Mrs. Alice May Samples, 32 year old wife of Tom Samples, died at the state cancer hospital at 1 p. m. yesterday. The body was returned here and funeral services will be held at Greer-Croy Chapel at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. W. S. Smelser, pastor of the Second Baptist church, will officiate at the services and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. Samples had been in the hospital for the last nine weeks. She was born in Indiana, October 11, 1909 , and had resided in Butler county for the past 30 years. Survivors, in addition to the husband, are five children, Margaret, Roberta, Sylvia, Walter, and Samuel (twin brothers), her mother, Mrs Sam Mounts, who resides on highway 58, three sisters, Mrs. Vernie Gibson and Mrs. Pearl Wright of Poplar Bluff, and Mrs Bonnie Burnham of Detroit, Michigan, and two brothers, Claude R. Mounts of Bay City Michigan, and Everett S. Mounts of Poplar Bluff.
Daughter of Samuel P Mounts (Nov 24 1870/May 24 1925) and Mary Ann(Howard) Mounts (Oct 15 1873/Nov 1946)
Alice Mae Mounts and John Thomas Sample married on Jan 23,1926.
Daughter of Samuel Mounts III (Nov 24 1870/May 24 1925) and Mary Ann(Howard) Mounts (Oct 15 1873/Nov 1946)
Born in Sullivan Indiana.
Sister of:
Verna Ruth Gibson Mar 19 1895-Feb 3 1981
Claude Rex Mounts Feb 3 1898-Mar 17 1989 Flint, MI
Rosa Pearl Wright Oct 10 1900-June 3 1992
Bonnie Esther Burnham Jan 15 1904 Oct 1993 Michigan
Samuel Everrett Mounts Nov 11,1917 Butler County,MO 1956
Alice Mae Mounts and John Thomas Sample married on Jan 23,1926.
They had five children.
Margaret
Roberta
Silvia
Walter(A twin)
Sammy (A twin)
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1940 Census Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, MO
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Tom Samples M 38 Missouri
wife Alice May Samples F 30 Indiana
daughter Margerette S Samples F 13 Missouri
daughter Roberta Ann Samples F 11 Missouri
daughter Sylvia Jane Samples F 8 Missouri
son Walter Francis Samples M 6 Missouri
son Samuel Edward Samples M 6 Missouri
MRS. TOM SAMPLES DIED YESTERDAY AT COLUMBIA
Mrs. Alice May Samples, 32 year old wife of Tom Samples, died at the state cancer hospital at 1 p. m. yesterday. The body was returned here and funeral services will be held at Greer-Croy Chapel at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. W. S. Smelser, pastor of the Second Baptist church, will officiate at the services and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. Samples had been in the hospital for the last nine weeks. She was born in Indiana, October 11, 1909 , and had resided in Butler county for the past 30 years. Survivors, in addition to the husband, are five children, Margaret, Roberta, Sylvia, Walter, and Samuel (twin brothers), her mother, Mrs Sam Mounts, who resides on highway 58, three sisters, Mrs. Vernie Gibson and Mrs. Pearl Wright of Poplar Bluff, and Mrs Bonnie Burnham of Detroit, Michigan, and two brothers, Claude R. Mounts of Bay City Michigan, and Everett S. Mounts of Poplar Bluff.
Daughter of Samuel P Mounts (Nov 24 1870/May 24 1925) and Mary Ann(Howard) Mounts (Oct 15 1873/Nov 1946)
Alice Mae Mounts and John Thomas Sample married on Jan 23,1926.
Daughter of Samuel Mounts III (Nov 24 1870/May 24 1925) and Mary Ann(Howard) Mounts (Oct 15 1873/Nov 1946)
Born in Sullivan Indiana.
Sister of:
Verna Ruth Gibson Mar 19 1895-Feb 3 1981
Claude Rex Mounts Feb 3 1898-Mar 17 1989 Flint, MI
Rosa Pearl Wright Oct 10 1900-June 3 1992
Bonnie Esther Burnham Jan 15 1904 Oct 1993 Michigan
Samuel Everrett Mounts Nov 11,1917 Butler County,MO 1956
Alice Mae Mounts and John Thomas Sample married on Jan 23,1926.
They had five children.
Margaret
Roberta
Silvia
Walter(A twin)
Sammy (A twin)
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1940 Census Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, MO
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Tom Samples M 38 Missouri
wife Alice May Samples F 30 Indiana
daughter Margerette S Samples F 13 Missouri
daughter Roberta Ann Samples F 11 Missouri
daughter Sylvia Jane Samples F 8 Missouri
son Walter Francis Samples M 6 Missouri
son Samuel Edward Samples M 6 Missouri
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