Wayne Sampson
Ada-Services for Larry Wayne Sampson, 74, of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Fitzhugh Baptist Church, Rev. Steve Wilburn will officiate. Burial will follow at Connerville Cemetery. The family will receive relatives and friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Sampson died Saturday, June 18, 2016 at home. He was born February 25, 1942 in Connerville, OK to Floyd Merle and Minnie Eva Bow Sampson. He married Sarah Jane Price on August 12, 1987.
He attended Pontotoc School and Murray College and East Central University. Mr. Sampson taught school for a short time and later was employed with Colvert Dairy. He retired after 31 and a half years of service with Mead and Wonder Bread Bakeries. He was an avid fisherman, enjoyed hunting, raising cattle, active with the Fitzhugh Baptist Church and a member of the Pontotoc Lodge A.F. and A.M.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Sampson of the home; a daughter, Terry Allenbaugh and husband Jim of Ada; a step-daughter, Peggy Marshall of Little City, OK; grandchildren, Nicole Allenbaugh-Buxton, Tristan Self and Ashley Logan; great-grandchildren, Bryson, Bella and Britton Buxton and Ryker and Lilly Logan; three brothers, Floyd J. Sampson of Texas, Joe Sampson of Ada, Loyd Sampson and wife Georgia of Ada; one sister, Edith Sedlacek and husband Ed of Meeker, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada