Obit of Sampley, Narvin Lehman "Lee" - Unknown County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 04 Nov 2007 Return to Unknown County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okstate.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Westside District Cemetery--Taft CA Sampley, Narvin Lehman "Lee" Narvin Lehman (N.L or Lee) Sampley went home to be with the Lord and his loving wife on January 11, 2007. Gravside services will be held at Westside Cemetery in Taft at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Lee Sampley was born to Edger and Minnie Sampley August 12, 1917 in Oklahoma. Lee met his bride, Frances Lavelle King in Vernon, Texas where they fell in love and married in 1939 until Lavelle's departure from this life in 1997. He and Lavelle located in Taft where they made their home since 1942. Lee worked as a welder for Standard Oil Company for 25 - years after which he began his own contract welding business in the old fields of Taft until his ultimate retirement. He had many friends, many of which preceded him in death. Lee was active in the Taft Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodges. Lee was preceded in death by his wife Lavelle, his mother and father, his stepmother, Jetty, brothers Jack, Dale, and Charles, sisters Mary and Charlene. He is survived by his daughter Jerry Blankenship (Bakersfield). daughter and son-in-law Vickie and Donnie Thurman (Tulare), and sons and daughters-in-law Gene and Charlene (Silverdale, Washington) and Mike and DeAnn (Bakersfield), 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great- grandchildren. The family would like to acknowledge the wonderful care given to Lee prior to his death by Hallmark Assisted Living and Hoffmann Hospice in Bakersfield. Anyone wishing to make a donation in lieu of flowers is requested to donate to either the Alzheimer Foundation or Hoffmann Hospice, 5300 California Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93309 Narvin Lehman Sampley "Lee" Aug. 12, 1917 - Jan. 11, 2007 Erickson and Brown Funeral Home Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/13/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Unknown County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okstate.html