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Al "Sonny" Samples, 92, of Farmington, Ark., passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 4, 2025, in Prairie Grove. He was born on November 3, 1932, in Abilene, Texas, to Alfred and Ettie Melinda ...

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MSgt Jackie Lynn Samples age 72 of Collinsville passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. A funeral service will be held Monday, June 16, 2025 at 1:00Pm in the chapel of Perry Funeral Home with Bro.

Marilyn J. Sample, 92, of Daphne, AL, formerly of Macungie, PA, passed away at home on March 14, 2025. Her husband, Ernest A. Sample, passed away in 2021. Born in Swampscott, MA, she was the daughter ...

Alexis Marie Sample, 24, of Perryville passed away April 21, 2025. Services will be April 29 at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, with burial at Russell Heights Cemetery. PERRYVILLE — Alexis Marie ...

Paul Edward Sample, 96, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 15, 2025. He was born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Eugene and Rose Marie (Ray) Sample.

Barbara A. Sample, 82, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Wife of the late Charles S. Sample and Edward L. Walsh, Sr. and mother of Mary-Ellen (Raleigh) Jenkins, Christine (Michael) Iadevaia, ...

Christine K. “Christy” Samples-Bennett, age 71, of Mount Vernon, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on October 25, 1953, in Mount Vernon and was the ...