CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Nat Winston Sams, 25 Apr 2002
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Nat W. Sams

   Nat Winston Sams, 82, 902 E. Unaka Avenue, Johnson City, died Thursday, 
April 25, 2002, at his residence following a brief illness.
   Mr. Sams was a native of Carter County and had been a resident of 
Washington County for most of his life. He was a son of the late J.W. 
and Hattie Hyder Sams and was also preceded in death by six half 
brothers and two half sisters.
   Mr. Sams retired in 1999 as a filter plant operator after 25 years 
of service with the City of Johnson City Water Department. He was a 
1939 graduate of Happy Valley High School, Elizabethton, and had 
attended East Tennessee State University and Johnson City Business 
College. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Unaka Avenue Baptist 
Church.
   Survivors include his wife, Virginia Taylor Sams; two sons and a 
daughter-in-law, Nathan and Kimberly Sams, Elizabethton, and Jonathan 
Sams, Johnson City; a granddaughter, Jessica Taylor Sams, Elizabethton; 
a half brother and his wife, Elmer and Pearl Sams, Elizabethton; and 
two brothers-in-law, James Taylor and his wife, Peggy, Salisbury, N.C., 
and Bill Taylor and his wife, Wanda, Elizabethton. Several nieces and 
nephews also survive.
   Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 
928-6111, is in charge of arrangements.
   
   SAMS -- Graveside funeral services for Nat Winston Sams, 82, 902 E. 
Unaka Avenue, Johnson City, who died Thursday, April 25, 2002, will be 
conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, in the Mountain Home National 
Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Tyson officiating. Active pallbearers will 
be Roy Brown and nephews, Billy Jack Taylor, David Taylor, Michael 
Taylor, Gene Sams, Bobby Sams and Elmer Sams Jr. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Gordon Cox, Mitchell Fritts, Kenneth Arnold, Junior Bailey, 
Mike Bailey, Butch Carpenter, Raymond Boyer, Buford Stone, Guy Buck, 
Haynes McKeehan and Webb Schwartz. Those planning to attend the service 
are to meet at the funeral home by 10:30 a.m. Monday to proceed to the 
cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in 
the chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home. Condolences for the family may 
be e-mailed to appfh@aol.com. Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga 
Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 928-6111, is in charge of arrangements.