CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Herbert Sams, 2 Nov 2000
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Herbert Sams

   Herbert Sams, 86, 285 Old Lacey Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died 
Thursday, November 2, 2000, at his residence following an extended 
illness.
   Mr. Sams was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Lee and Mattie Carr Sams. He was also preceded in death by two 
daughters, Ruby Jean Sams and Linda Kaye Sams, two sisters, Goldie 
Morris and Luda Van Dyke, and a brother, Mitchel Sams.
   Mr. Sams was a member of the Sims Hill Christian Church and a 
retired mechanic of Bemberg Corporation.
   Survivors include his wife, Selma Reynolds Sams, of the home; two 
daughters and a son-in-law, Karen Sams and Gloria and Gerald Holly, 
all of Elizabethton; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Ross and 
Barbara Sams, Art and Debbie Sams and Greg Sams, all of Elizabethton; 
two granddaughters, Barbara Earlene Rutledge, Bluff City, and Jessica 
Taylor, Chucky; three grandsons, David Sams, Dyersburg, Jeremy Holly, 
Elizabethton, and Josh Sams, Kingsport; a great-granddaughter, Amber 
Rutledge, Bluff City; five sisters, Launa Merritt, Elizabethton, 
Christine Leonard, Hampton, Trula Fortner, Roan Mountain, Louise 
Renfro, Johnson City, and Selma Perry, Bluff City; and a brother, 
Stanley Sams, Wagner, S.C.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in 
charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   SAMS -- Funeral services for Herbert Sams, 86, 285 Old Lacey 
Hollow Road, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, November 2, 2000, 
will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, November 3, at Tetrick Funeral 
Home, Riverside Chapel, with Mr. Ernie Depew and Mr. Hugh Hatfield, 
ministers, officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 
10 a.m. Saturday, November 4, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 
pallbearers will be Horace Bowers, Steve Rutledge, Mack Henry, 
Arthur Keller, Fred Farr, Russell Kyte, John D. Snyder and Ron Odom. 
Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Sims Hill Christian Church,
Darrell Carter and Doyle Turbyfill. Everyone will meet at the 
funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the 
cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday 
at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of a 
daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Gerald Holly, 1393 Bristol 
Highway, Elizabethton, at any time. For those who prefer, 
memorials in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Carter County 
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37644. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick