Sammie was born March 31, 1954, to George and Ruby Jones Howard. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Sammie enjoyed reading her Bible and spending time outdoors, working in her yard and garden. She had a special fondness for her rose bushes and snowball bushes, and she dearly missed her dog, Mattie Bug.
Sammie is survived by her children: Connie Minga of Grenada, Mississippi, Peggy Thomas of Louisville, Constance Elam (Josh) of Memphis, Tennessee, and Jonathan Lancaster (Chloe) of McCool, Mississippi. One of her greatest joys was being “Granny” to her five grandchildren: Ashley Earnest, Jordan Turner, Preston Thomas (Bailee), Hanks’lee Westbrook, and William Hayez Lancaster; as well as her six great-grandchildren: Aidan, Abigail, Adrian, Armon Earnest, Ella Rae Thomas, and Lakelyn Robinson. She is also survived by her sister, Addy Smith, in addition to her loving nieces, nephews, other family members, and friends. Sammie was preceded in death by her parents, George and Ruby Jones Howard; siblings, Ann Griffith, Peggy Smith, and Jessie James Howard; her brother-in-law, William Paul Smith; and her nephew, Paul “LP” Smith.
