Sammie Lane McCasland ¹

  General Notes:

She was listed as a son on the 1930 census. Social Security had her last residence as Bogata, Red River County, Texas.

Sammie Lane McConnell

BOGATA -- Sammie Lane McConnell of Bogata died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.

Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at First Baptist Church of Bogata. John Purviance of Cuthand Methodist Church will officiate, along with Bobby Tollison of First Baptist Church. Burial is to follow in Bogata Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home.

The family is to receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

She was born Aug. 11, 1929, in Hamilton, the daughter of Stella Venable McCasland and Samuel Martin McCasland. She graduated from Star High School in Mills County at age 16 and enrolled at The University of Texas in Austin. After college, she worked for the Winkler County Hospital in Kermit where she met and married Sam A. McConnell. They lived in Snyder until 1963 when they moved to Bogata to develop a cow calf operation.

She was a beautician for more than 20 years and owned her own business, The Beauty Nook. She was also a member of First Baptist Church and had been active in Eastern Star, Band Boosters and PTA. She was an avid sports fan and had enjoyed working with her husband Sam McConnell on their ranch, gardening, fishing and painting.

She was preceded in death by a son, Gary Sam McConnell, in 1972; and her husband in 2006.

She is survived by daughters, Melanie Klein and husband, Ken, of Whitehouse and Ginger Foster and husband, Morris, of Bogata; granddaughters, Jill Foster of Paris and Alison Foster of Fort Worth; and sisters, Bobbie Soules and Ruby Dell Harper and husband, Pete, of Mills County.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Rivercrest Education Foundation or the Bogata Cemetery Association.

Sammie married Sam Auldin McConnell, son of Will McConnell and Annie Waddell. (Sam Auldin McConnell was born on 30 Jun 1926 in , Red River County, Texas,⁴ died on 6 Jan 2006 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas ⁴ and was buried on 8 Jan 2006 in Bogata Cemetery, Bogata, Red River County, Texas.)