Mary Alice Samples

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Samples, 88, of Jacksonville, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 in Renfro Memorial Chapel at Boren- Conner Funeral Homes. Brother Dan Middleton and Brother Ken McEachern will be officiating. Burial will be in Bullard Cemetery.

Mrs. Samples died May 6, Sunday evening at Jacksonville Nursing Home. She was born July 24, 1918 in Gresham. She was a life-long Cherokee County resident and a faithful member of Beall’s Chapel Church where she was the nursery keeper.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Roy Samples, three sisters, one brother and 2 grandchildren.

She is survived by her son and his wife, Charles and Marjorie Samples of Mount Selman; her daughter and son-in-law Naomi and Tommy Redford of Jacksonville; one sister, Margaret Martin of Mount Selman; two granddaughters and one grandson-in-law, Tammy and Donald Thurman of Jacksonville and Holly Johnson of Jacksonville; four great grandsons, Justin Thurman, Zachary Thurman, Shawn and Casey Johnson, all of Jacksonville; and one great granddaughter, Andrea Thurman of Jacksonville; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include Mickey Burns, Chris Lovelady, Billy Lee Lovelady, Dan Gattis, Jim Buckley and Justin Thurman.

Visitation will take place from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.

The family would like to thank the staff Gardendale for their loving care

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress