Elsie Virginia Sampler
d. November 25, 2009
Date Died: November 25, 2009
Decatur: Elsie "Pete" Virginia Sampler, 81, a homemaker, went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in Decatur.
Funeral service is 2 p.m. Saturday, November 28th at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Charles Taylor officiating. Interment will follow service in Sycamore Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers include Scott Rackley, Chad Rackley, Cody Barlow, John Blackburn, Ryan Blackburn, and Brian Williams. Honorary pallbearers are Connor Hosay, Trey Watts, Sean Watts, Mikel Watts and Stephen Privitt.
Elsie was born January 25, 1928 in Alvord, Texas to Jessie Jake and Bessie Pearl Lowery Monroe. She married John Coleman "J.C." Sampler on November 8, 1960 in Decatur, Texas. Elsie loved quilting, playing cards and time with the family. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her two sons, Phillips Wayne Rackley of Gainesville, Euell Gale Rackley of Chico; daughter, Shawn Renee Barlow of Decatur; brother, Jessie Jake Monroe, Jr. of Forestburg; three (3) sisters, Bula Mae Berry of Nocona, Geneva White and Louise Howard both Alvord; 11 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home 940/627-5959