Sammie A. Wilson

Sammie A. Wilson of Cloverdale, CA, passed away on August 25, 2010 at his home. He was 77. Sammie was born in Gracemont, OK to Raymond Earl and Zora Mae Wilson. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Mary Linda Wilson; and three sons, Daniel (Joy) of Mt. Juliet, TN, David (Joanne) of Cloverdale, and Dale (Nancy) of Henderson, NV. Grandchildren, Joshua, Nicole, Tyler, Samuel, Emily, Andy, Ted, and Tod; and great grandchildren, Austin Wade, Dalton and Levi. He leaves a brother, James (Patricia) of Riverdale, CA, and a sister, Myrtle, of Walla Walla, WA.; and many nieces and nephews. Especially close were Carole Brooks Niehues, of Winters, CA and Pam Burris Lewis of North Little Rock, AR and Richard Goodwater of Pomeroy, WA. Sammie's family came to California in 1946 and were migrant farm worker's. Sammie went into the U.S. Army in the very early fifties during the Korean War and was stationed in Germany. When he returned he worked on a farm in Southern California until he went to work for Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster where he worked until he moved his family to Calistoga and then to Cloverdale where he worked for the school district until March, 1973 when he went to work for a locksmith. He was a locksmith until he retired in 1995. Sammie loved baseball, weather instruments, clocks and travel in his fifth wheel and Ford diesel pick-up truck. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church 890 N. Cloverdale Blvd. Cloverdale, CA. Arrangements by ~ FRED YOUNG FUNERAL HOME 894-2540