Elizabeth Louise Sams
December 4, 1937 ~ April 15, 2007
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
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Elizabeth Louise Sams, 69, of 61 Bingham Rd., Asheville, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Memorial Campus, Mission Hospitals.
A Buncombe Co. native, Mrs. Sams was a daughter of the late Josiah and Sadie Ellison Sams. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Sherry Louise Owen; son, Alfred Eugene Owen, Jr.; son-in-law, David Muether, and sister, Georgia White.
Mrs. Sams retired from Fieldcrest Mills as a spinner. She was a member of West Asheville House of Prayer.
Mrs. Sams is survived by her daughters, Tammy Owen Muether, and Sheila Owen Crain, both of Asheville; son. Terry Owen and wife Tamera, of Asheville; sisters, Arbeta Moss, of Asheville, Irene Sams, of Black Mountain, Joann Whitson, of Wilson, and Betty Muse and Pauline Haney, both of Arizona, 12 grandchildren, three of whom she raised, Cecilia, Steven and Tyler, and eight great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Patton Ave. with the Rev. Randy Gregg officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Hey mamaul I just want to tell you i love you and i miss you alot. Im going to miss everything about you. Like the night you told erin she knows how it is that was so funny. You are my world and always be there is no women in the world that can take your place you are one of a kind. You have always been there for meand i want to thank you for that and i want you to know you will always have a spot in my heart. I dont know what im going to do with out you. I know your in a better place now not hurting or worrying about anything. I know you will look over me through out my life and not let me make any bad choices. I miss you so much i cant wait to see you again. Mamaul I LOVE YOU AND WILL ALWAYS CHARISH YOU IN MY HEART. lOVE YOU MAMAUL.
LOVE YOUR #1 MAN
STEVEN
Mamaul I know i have not been part of this family long but i must say I am proud to be. You have always made me feel welcome. You are such a strong woman, you went through so much and you showed me how powerful God really is. This family will never forget you.Now your that Angel shining down on us. It will be hard to go on without you. I know you are in a better place now and aren’t hurting no more. I hold a special place for you in my heart as you will always be my mamaul too. I love you and miss you dearly. Rest in peace.
Erin
Momma You always said I was one of yours and I have been for almost 25 years. You gave a place to lay my head when I had no place and something to eat when I hadn’t eaten in days.You talked to me as a mother would and told me the things I was doing wrong.Even when things were bad you were there for me. You loved me for me.No matter if you though I was wrong you LOVED ME For ME I will never forget you,you have been my momma ever since mine went home.I love you so very much. my heart is broke without you.Thank you for every thing you done and taught me I love you and will miss.But I know you are dancing and praising your Lord Jesus. You have no more tear He wiped them away,You have no more pain or worrries Walk and talk with Him momma I love you and Cameron Loves you
Tammy
mamaw,when mom past u were the one that made me strong, wall u and my kids, but with u gone to see god, mom and eugene and the home he promise use all. i will have to ask u to help make this family strong. we no that u r in a place were there is no pain thats what god has promise use.it dose not feel real.to woman i love with my life gone home with out me.i will miss all the thing i love about u. i am so sorry i did not get to say good by and that i love u but i kno that u kno.I LOVE U and tall mom that I LOVE HER and there is still no one in my life.
moma i love you and im gonna miss your beautiful face bright and early every morning waiting for your coffee when i came to stay with you to take care of you. I had meaning in my life a reason for being. now im not sure what my reason for being here is.my kids said last night that there was a blue – purple ring around the pupils of my eyes. i wonder if you are living through me now. all i know moma is i have really enjoyed the last couple of months being with you. moma thank you for being a wonderful mom to me and giving my kids a wonderful home. mom i wish i couldve been fortunate enough to buy you a beautiful home. now you do. you have no pain or worries. and one day mom i will be in heaven with you. till then i love you.
momma I dont know what to say other than I love you more than words can say. momma, I miss my phone ringing and me calling you. momma I have loved helping take care of you and only God will know how bad I miss setting talking to you.and I thank God that I got to tell you that I love you the night before you passed.I’m so glad that your at peace
Ms.Sams, Our condolences goes out to all of your family and friends. May you forever rest in the loving arms of God. And thank you for doing a fine job helping raise Philip to be the nice young man he is today.
Louise,Even though I know you are no longer worrying or suffering I will miss you. Thank you for giving me your first born to love and cherish for the 22 years we were together. Now you are with him! Give him a big hug from me & tell him how much I still love him. You two had the same smile wich I will never forget. Share your love & know that I will someday be with you. Love always, Donna Owen
Louise,Even though I know you are no longer worrying or suffering I will miss you. Thank you for giving me your first born to love and cherish for the 22 years we were together. Now you are with him! Give him a big hug from me & tell him how much I still love him. You two had the same smile wich I will never forget. Share your love & know that I will someday be with you. Love always, Donna Owen
Louise,Even though I know you are no longer worrying or suffering I will miss you. Thank you for giving me your first born to love and cherish for the 22 years we were together. Now you are with him! Give him a big hug from me & tell him how much I still love him. You two had the same smile wich I will never forget. Share your love & know that I will someday be with you. Love always, Donna Owen
Mamaw even though i did not get to see you as much as i wanted i miss you a lot. Think you for giving me such a wonderfull Dad that i miss alot to. i will miss you and Dad alot but we will be able to see each other again one day. Tell dad that i miss him a lot and that i love him with all my heart. I will always miss you and love you.
Terry, tammy and shelia,
You all are in my prayers and please let me know if there is any thing I can do.
Louise was one of the best women i knew. strong, kind and very family orientated.
Louise we know you are in a better place now, it is still hard to let go. since tommy died the family has seemed to have drifted away, but we ALL still love you very much. moma, mamaw, aunt, sister, no matter what you were called by people wonderful is the one thing that suited you best! we love you go to rest now. and tell sherry, ricky, george, tommy, and everyone else we love them very much and miss them. WE LOVE YOU ALL!
Louise, My you be in the arms of ANGLES. Mother and my whole family will be thinking of all of you. My God be with you all. Love Gladys
I know I wasn’t ever around you much but I do know you were a wonderful woman. My Grandma loved you dearly and so did my Dad.My prayers are with the family. Just in case no one remembers me I am James and Betty’s daughter.
Mamaw you always made me smile even when you was feeling bad your self and I think you for that you was the greatest mamaw in the world and i’ll never let you love leave my heart and i’ll keep the memories of you in both yazmine and sissy life so dont worry about that and tell my daddy and sherry and the rest i said hello when you get to heaven cause i know thats where your at now so good bye mamaw i love you always love buzz…
p.s got find someone elses trash to carry out now R.I.P
mamaw, it’s me thought i tell you i love you at know your at peace now even though it’s hard to let you go you need the rest. so you go ahead and rest in peace and walk them streets of gold. you and moma can have that big house yall always wanted. tell moma i love her and i miss her. i love you mamaw. R.I.P
They say where not to question the reason or the why but I have a sigh why my mamaw why and then god came to me and said it was time to give her angel wings so that she could fly but i still have to say why my mamaw why and it says in the bible that one day we must all die so I’m going to say one more time with a sigh why oh why my mamaw why and that I love you mamaw good bye…
I’ll never forget you mamaw and I promise to never let the girls forget you either so sore the the sky with you wings spread wide and we all hope to see you flying by… R.I.P
They say were not to question the reason or the why but I have to say with a sigh why my mamal why and then god said to me it was time to give her angel wings so that she could fly and i still ask why mamal why and god said to me that in the bible it says everyone must die so I say one more time why my mamal why and I love you mamal good bye
Mamaw I will miss you more than anyone will know. It just dont seem real to me. I miss you so much. I whis this month would never had came. You were the first one to know that amanda was pregnant. Today i asked Cameron if he was going to dance for his mamaw and he did but it wasnt the same as when he would hold on to you and dance. Mamaw i will miss you more than anything.
Your Grandson
Brandon owen
Mamaw I love you and miss you and all the family I have lost we will all be united one day to worship our Lord together