A memorial service for Sammie Woodroe Colvin, age 87 of Ruston, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday April 2, 2005, at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer with the Very Reverend Edward Head officiating. Mr. Colvin died March 30, 2005 at the Russ House in Ruston, Louisiana. Immediately following the service, the family will receive friends in Haskell Hall.
Sammie Colvin was born to parents S.P. and Ruby McCullin Colvin December 6, 1917, in Crossroads Community, Lincoln Parish. He attended school in Crossroads Community and then attended Ruston High School where he was an outstanding athlete, breaking the Louisiana high school track record for the 440 yard dash in 1936. He attended Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship.
He worked in Law enforcement as a Louisiana State trooper and for the Ruston Police Department. During World War II, he was a military police officer in the U.S. Marines. For 34 years he worked for Southwest Gas Producing, later Kerr-McGee, in Dubach, Louisiana.
Sammie Colvin was actively involved in the life of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, serving as a Sunday School teacher, where he was affectionately known as "Uncle Sammie" and also a Senior Warden of the Vestry.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ellen Zaharia Colvin; and son-in-law Donald Gene Hammon.
Survivors are his daughters Maria Hammon and Katherine Barrett; grandchildren David Hammon and wife Joanne, Katie Hammon Taylor, and great-grandchildren Ellen Maria Taylor and Andie Grace Taylor.
Obituary provided by Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Sammie Colvin was born to parents S.P. and Ruby McCullin Colvin December 6, 1917, in Crossroads Community, Lincoln Parish. He attended school in Crossroads Community and then attended Ruston High School where he was an outstanding athlete, breaking the Louisiana high school track record for the 440 yard dash in 1936. He attended Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship.
He worked in Law enforcement as a Louisiana State trooper and for the Ruston Police Department. During World War II, he was a military police officer in the U.S. Marines. For 34 years he worked for Southwest Gas Producing, later Kerr-McGee, in Dubach, Louisiana.
Sammie Colvin was actively involved in the life of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, serving as a Sunday School teacher, where he was affectionately known as "Uncle Sammie" and also a Senior Warden of the Vestry.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ellen Zaharia Colvin; and son-in-law Donald Gene Hammon.
Survivors are his daughters Maria Hammon and Katherine Barrett; grandchildren David Hammon and wife Joanne, Katie Hammon Taylor, and great-grandchildren Ellen Maria Taylor and Andie Grace Taylor.
Obituary provided by Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
A memorial service for Sammie Woodroe Colvin, age 87 of Ruston, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday April 2, 2005, at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer with the Very Reverend Edward Head officiating. Mr. Colvin died March 30, 2005 at the Russ House in Ruston, Louisiana. Immediately following the service, the family will receive friends in Haskell Hall.
Sammie Colvin was born to parents S.P. and Ruby McCullin Colvin December 6, 1917, in Crossroads Community, Lincoln Parish. He attended school in Crossroads Community and then attended Ruston High School where he was an outstanding athlete, breaking the Louisiana high school track record for the 440 yard dash in 1936. He attended Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship.
He worked in Law enforcement as a Louisiana State trooper and for the Ruston Police Department. During World War II, he was a military police officer in the U.S. Marines. For 34 years he worked for Southwest Gas Producing, later Kerr-McGee, in Dubach, Louisiana.
Sammie Colvin was actively involved in the life of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, serving as a Sunday School teacher, where he was affectionately known as "Uncle Sammie" and also a Senior Warden of the Vestry.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ellen Zaharia Colvin; and son-in-law Donald Gene Hammon.
Survivors are his daughters Maria Hammon and Katherine Barrett; grandchildren David Hammon and wife Joanne, Katie Hammon Taylor, and great-grandchildren Ellen Maria Taylor and Andie Grace Taylor.
Obituary provided by Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Sammie Colvin was born to parents S.P. and Ruby McCullin Colvin December 6, 1917, in Crossroads Community, Lincoln Parish. He attended school in Crossroads Community and then attended Ruston High School where he was an outstanding athlete, breaking the Louisiana high school track record for the 440 yard dash in 1936. He attended Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship.
He worked in Law enforcement as a Louisiana State trooper and for the Ruston Police Department. During World War II, he was a military police officer in the U.S. Marines. For 34 years he worked for Southwest Gas Producing, later Kerr-McGee, in Dubach, Louisiana.
Sammie Colvin was actively involved in the life of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, serving as a Sunday School teacher, where he was affectionately known as "Uncle Sammie" and also a Senior Warden of the Vestry.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ellen Zaharia Colvin; and son-in-law Donald Gene Hammon.
Survivors are his daughters Maria Hammon and Katherine Barrett; grandchildren David Hammon and wife Joanne, Katie Hammon Taylor, and great-grandchildren Ellen Maria Taylor and Andie Grace Taylor.
Obituary provided by Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
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