Lonnie Sampson, Sr.

Lonnie Sampson, Sr., age 78 of Moundville passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019. Services will be Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Ruby Sampson; brothers, Keith Sampson and Texan Smith. Mr. Sampson is survived by his wife, Carolyn Duvall Sampson; daughters, Mary V. Kelley, Patricia Hoskins (Mark), Carol B. Akins, Shalimar Rambo (Ed), Christine Shelnut (Mike), and Deanna Grady (Jason); sons, Michael E. Sampson (Tracy), and Lonnie W. Sampson, Jr.; sisters, Karel J. McFadden and Marcella Ross; numerous nieces and nephews; thirteen grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren. Born April 9, 1941 in Cameron, WV and attended Cameron High. He received his diploma at Ft. Knox, KY. Mr. Sampson served in the US Army for nine years and nine months and was an employee at Wheeling-Pittsburg Steele in Wheeling, WV for fourteen years. He was also an employee at Ft. Gordon GA, for four years and was a retired ISA Corps Engineer in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Sampson was also a retired employee at Wholesale LP Transport for seventeen years. He loved to mow grass, do woodwork, and work with his horse, Black Hawk. Pallbearers are Braxton Beavers, Brylan Beavers, Steven Ritchea, Jason Grady, Clint Gilland and Michael Shelnut. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Larry Skelton, the nurses and staff at Princeton Baptist Hospital, Amedysis Hospice staff, and long-time friends, Jim and Mary Solar. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Holy Spirit Building Fund.