A Graveside Service for Ms. Willie Bell Sampson of Americus, Georgia will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at the Eastview Cemetery in Americus, Georgia.
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Ms. Willie Bell Sampson was born on June 15, 1945 in Sumter County, Georgia to the late Crema Dale Sampson Brown and the late George Meadows, Sr. She was educated in the Sumter County School System. Ms. Sampson passed peacefully on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center. She was a lovely, sweet-spirited and devoted caretaker to her aunts Ola Bell Harris and Eula Mae Prince and others at Reynolds Home and Care. Her favorite motto was “Give people their flowers while they are amongst the living.”
At an early age, she joined Triedstone Baptist Church in Americus, Georgia, under the leadership of Rev. E.B. Clark where she served faithfully. She later joined Scotts Mater CME Church under the leadership of Rev. D. Sheree Jacobs where she continued to be a faithful servant. She enjoyed attending church and helping others. She was full of wit, wisdom and offered spiritual encouragement to many people. After many dedicated years of service, she retired as a caregiver and production worker.
She is predeceased in death by her aunts Ola Bell Harris and Ossie Coleman, her uncle David Sampson and her brother Johnny Meadows.
She leaves to cherish her memories, her only child, Jimmy Lee Clemons, Jr. of Americus, Georgia; four grandchildren: Jimmy Lee Clemons III of Atlanta, Georgia, Jamee Genella Denise Clemons, whom she named, Terence Jermaine Clemons and Lakeithia Nicole Myers all of Americus, Georgia; her brothers: Reuben Meadows and Jimmy Meadows both of Cusseta, Georgia; her sisters: Leila Meadows of Cusseta, Georgia, Sarah Turrentine of Columbus, Georgia and Ozeila C. Ferrel of Phenix City, Alabama; her aunt Eula Mae Prince of Americus, Georgia. She also leaves to mourn her three great-grandchildren: Darrius Clemons and Makayla and Somaria Robinson of Americus, Georgia; cousins: Mattie Reynolds, Ruth Ann Reynolds, Annie Reynolds, Sandra Reynolds and Joanne Sampson all of Americus, Georgia; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, including Margaret Jackson, Emma Kate Lowe, Kate Ward, Mae Lee, Betty Kitchens, Sarah (Poochie) Nelson, Tina and Barbara Law, Mr. Roach, Dorothy and Walter Bridges, Gail Pickett, Cathy Wilkerson and Daisy Washington.
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