Sam Pyburn

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF SAM JACKSON PYBURN JR.

 

SAM WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 27, 1925 IN GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI TO EVA AND SAM PYBURN Sr., SAM ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORP ON MARCH 20, 1944 AND SERVED PROUDLY THROUGH JULY 27, 1946. SAM WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SCOUTS AND SNIPERS UNIT. HE WAS  STATIONED IN OKANAWA, JAPAN. HE ENJOYED PLAYING POKER AND TOLD STORIES ABOUT HOW HE LOVED WINNING MONEY FROM HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS.

 

HE MARRIED HIS LOVELY WIFE AGNES IN 1948. AGNES BROUGHT TO THEIR NEW LIFE WITH SAM, HER SON DAVID. IN THE COMING YEARS, THEY WELCOMED SANDY AND SUZANE.

 

THE FAMILY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST HOME AND MOVED TO BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA IN 1955. SAM AND AGNES OPENED THEIR OWN BUSINESS, CAMEO UPHOLSTERY IN 1960 IN BUENA PARK WHICH THEY OPERATED  FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

 

SAM LOVED HIS DODGERS AND HIS ANGELS. HE KNEW EVERY STAT,  AND ALL THE PLAYERS AND OFTEN THREW MANAGERS OUT OF THE GAME FROM HIS LIVING ROOM EVEN DECIDING WHO SHOULD BE TRADED AND WHO SHOULD BE KEPT.

 

HE WAS ALSO A BIG DOG LOVER, OVER THE YEARS BEING DAD TO MAGGIE, SUZIE, PATCHES, SAMANTHA AND RAISIN.

 

AFTER SELLING HIS HOME LAST YEAR SAM RELOCATED TO LONG BEACH TO LIVE WITH HIS DAUGHTER SUZANE AND HER WIFE DANA BY THE WATER. SAM ENJOYED THE COMPANY OF HIS GRAND DOGS BRANDY AND MAPLE WHO THEY LOVED AS GRAND PAW!!!!

 

SAM PASSED ON AUGUST 1, 2023 PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AT HOME AS HE WISHED WITH FAMILY.

 

HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER SUZANE PYBURN, GRANDAUGHTERS DENISE AND KAREN ALONG WITH GREAT GRANDCHILDREN RYAN, JESSICA AND ASHLEY.