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- Graveside services for Blannie Lucreta Ritchie Sams, 89, of Gilmer, Texas, are scheduled for 4:00 pm, Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Glenwood Cemetery, with Brother Wade Mayberry officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of McWhorter Funeral Home.
Blannie was born on September 16, 1933, in Cardens Bluff, Tennessee, to James Clarence and Lucille Shaw Ritchie, and went to be with her Lord on December 7, 2022, in Longview, Texas.
Blannie loved visiting and working with people where she never seemed to meet a stranger. She worked with her church at home and did foreign mission work in the Philippines and Brazil. She stayed in contact with the refugees and youth she helped. Blannie was a faithful member of Glenwood Baptist Church and a former member of East Mountain Baptist Church. She worked in the cafeteria at Pinetree ISD until her retirement.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Phyllis Constantine (Jim), Douglas Sams (Deborah), David Sams, and Madalyn Sams Gunn; 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, F. D. "Sam" Sams; sister, Shirley Williams; brother, Herbert Ritchie; and grandson, Brandon Sams.
Pallbearers are Gordon Gunn, David Sams Jr., Daniel Sams, Luke Sams, Ben Sams, Zech Sams, Jason Gunn, Martin Sams, Austin Sams, Carlos Sams.
Honorary pallbearers are Jim Constantine, Jim Williams, and Jimmy Williams.
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1933 - 2022 (89 years)
