Effie Belle Samples, 62, died Monday at 3 a.m., at her home in Alexander after a long illness.
A daughter of Slaven and Ellen Hunt Buchanan, she was born in Upshur County July 27, 1883.
She is survived by her husband, James A. Samples, and 11 children: Mrs. Eula Channel, Mrs. Lydia Coe, Miss ( Mr.) Garnet Samples, Miss Maxine Samples, Jay Samples, Bryan Samples, Haul Samples, Eli Samples, all of Alexander; Marion Samples, of Arlington; Mrs. Geneva Dupont,of Hyattsville, Md., and Mrs. Adele Harman of Loudonville, Ohio. Also surviving are one brother, Clark Buchanan, of Replete; and one sister, Mrs. Laura Fisher, of Arlington, and 12 grandchildren.
As the news goes to press, funeral arrangements that will be handled by the Simons Funeral Home, are incomplete.
Effie Belle Samples, 62, died Monday at 3 a.m., at her home in Alexander after a long illness.
A daughter of Slaven and Ellen Hunt Buchanan, she was born in Upshur County July 27, 1883.
She is survived by her husband, James A. Samples, and 11 children: Mrs. Eula Channel, Mrs. Lydia Coe, Miss ( Mr.) Garnet Samples, Miss Maxine Samples, Jay Samples, Bryan Samples, Haul Samples, Eli Samples, all of Alexander; Marion Samples, of Arlington; Mrs. Geneva Dupont,of Hyattsville, Md., and Mrs. Adele Harman of Loudonville, Ohio. Also surviving are one brother, Clark Buchanan, of Replete; and one sister, Mrs. Laura Fisher, of Arlington, and 12 grandchildren.
As the news goes to press, funeral arrangements that will be handled by the Simons Funeral Home, are incomplete.
Family Members
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Amos Marion Samples
1904–1969
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Eula Agnes Samples Channel
1905–1981
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Lydia Jane Samples Coe
1908–2000
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Bryan Taft Samples
1910–1965
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Geneva Cloves Samples Dupont
1912–1986
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Vessie Adele Samples Harman
1914–2002
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Jay A Samples
1915–1997
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Garnet G Samples
1917–1995
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Infant Samples
1919–1919
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Billie Haul Samples
1923–1952
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Emma Maxine Samples Miller
1926–2020
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Eli "Shorty" Samples
1929–2000
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