Edith Samford

Edith Samford

1924-2015

Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Faye Samford were held Sept. 29, 2015, at Eubank Funeral Home.

Edith Samford was born Aug. 11, 1924, and passed of natural causes Sept. 26, 2015. 

She spent her youth in East Texas, graduating from Edgewood High School.  She and Ethan Truman Samford were married in 1945.  Together they made their home in Dallas and later in Canton.  They were married for 51 years before he died in 1996.

After moving to Canton in 1974, she discovered a love for the game of golf and began playing at age 50.  She was an active member of the Van Zandt Country Club Ladies Golf Association until she was 82.  She and Truman also loved to travel and did so extensively in their motorhome, accompanied by other camper friends.  She spent the last three years of her life at Christian Care Center in Mesquite where she made many new friends. 

Mrs. Samford is survived by her three children, Lonnie Samford and his wife Jenny, Janis Doan and her husband Wally, and Karen Samford. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Greg, Clay, and Tony Samford, Ethan Doan and Hanna Bateman; and one great-grandchild, Gracie Bateman.