Sammie Meryl Harper
- Born: 5 Jun 1918, Star, Mills County, Texas
- Marriage (1): Dessie Lorene Caldwell on 9 Jun 1940 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas 1
- Died: 10 Dec 2003, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas at age 85
- Buried: Hurst Ranch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Texas
General Notes:
GOLDTHWAITE -- Sammie Harper, 85, of Star, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, in the Hurst Ranch Cemetery in Star with the Rev. Lowell Skaggs officiating and under the direction of Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home of Goldthwaite. The family will receive visitors this evening Dec. 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Sammie was born on June 5, 1918, in Star, the son of P. O. Harper and Martha "Mattie" Beshears Harper. He married Dessie Caldwell on June 9, 1941, in Brownwood. Sammie was a farmer/rancher and a member of the Star School Board for more than 40 years. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include: two daughters, Darla Guill and Bebe Gault, both of Star; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; five brothers, Forest Harper, of Odessa, Tommy Harper, of Munday, J. D. Harper, of Goldthwaite, Peter Harper, of Star and Billy Harper, of San Angelo; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by: his wife; one grandchild, Will Gault; and one sister, Doris Hastings.
Sammie married Dessie Lorene Caldwell, daughter of Andrew Caldwell and Birchie Day, on 9 Jun 1940 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas.1 (Dessie Lorene Caldwell was born on 22 Aug 1922 in Oklahoma, died on 15 Dec 2002 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas and was buried in Hurst Ranch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Texas.)
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