Samson, Colleen Mary Jessie

Passed: 2003-04-15

Age: 75

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 2003-04-19

Obituary Date:

Information: Colleen Mary Jessie Samson, 75, of Ripley, died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Jackson General Hospital. She was born March 25, 1928, in Buckfastleigh Devon, England, a daughter of the late Edward and Jessie Wood Tucker.  She was a very active member of Epworth United Methodist Church, a member of the Opus Club of Moundsville, sang with the Wheeling Symphony, was a past choir director of St. John's Episcopal Church and a past president of St. John's Episcopal Church Women.  She was a member of the Ripley Order of Eastern Star and Kith N Hills Theatre.  She is survived by her husband, John Samson of Ripley; sons, Carlton Robertson and wife, Glenna, of Rockingham NC, Philip Patterson of Weston, Mike Samson and wife, Carol, of Parkersburg, and Larry Samson of Las Vegas NV; daughters, Elizabeth Rinehart and husband, Bob, of Weston, and Debbie Sarmiento of Las Vegas NV;  brothers, Edward Tucker and wife, Cathy, of Buckhannon, Alan Tucker and wife, Liva, of Fairfax VA and Derek Tucker of New Jersey; sisters, Doreen Cain and husband, Bill, of New Martinsville and Ann Tucker of Newton Abbott, Devon, England; sisters-in-law, Pat Tarasevich of Connecticut, Ethel Moskoluk of Buffalo NY, Lena Gulych of Montreal, Canada and Rose Glenn of Canterbury FL; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, William Tucker and sister-in-law, Mary.  Funeral services were held Thursday, April 17, 2003, at Epworth United Methodist Church in Ripley, with Dr. Ken Krimmel officiating.  Burial in the Greenlawn Cemetery, New Martinsville.  Arrangements by Vail Funeral Home of Ripley.