Nell Lewis Sams, 83, of Ocilla, died February 24, at the Osceola Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Friday, February 27, at the Ocilla Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Couey and the Rev. Gerald Purvis officiating. Interment will follow in the Ocilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Thursday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Sams was born May 1, 1925 in Lizella to the late Loren W. and Martha Robbins Lewis. She grew up in Macon, graduating from Miller High School in 1942. Mrs. Sams graduated from Mercer University and received her Masters Degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1948. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority. After graduating, she became an instructor at Mercer University before moving to Ocilla in 1950. Mrs. Sams was an active member of the Ocilla Baptist Church, a Sunday School teacher for fifty years, former Sunday School superintendent and a member of the WMU. She was a board member for Sunny Dale Training Center, on the Board of Directors for Ben Hill-Irwin Technical School and a past chair of the Ben Hill-Irwin Tech Foundation. She was a member of the Library Club and the Ocilla Book Club.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. W.C. Sams, Jr. of Ocilla; sons and daughters-in-law, Chris & Brenda Sams of Dalton, Mark & Glenda Jo Sams of Ocilla and Lee & Wendy Sams of St. Simons Island; grandchildren, Michael Sams of Gainesville, Beth Sams of Chattanooga, TN and Cori Sams of Savannah; brother and sister-in-law, Warren R. “Bob” & Judy Lewis of Lizella; sisters-in-law, Mary Alice Lewis of Macon and Betty Lewis of Lizella, as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Dr. Warren Earl Lewis and L.W. Lewis, Jr.
The Family gives a special thank you to staff of the Osceola Nursing Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ocilla Baptist Church, P.O. Box 101, Ocilla, GA 31774.