Memorial services for Mr. Paul Samford, age 88, of Carthage, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Thomasson officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date in the V.A. Cemetery in San Antonio. Mr. Samford passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2009, in Pensacola, Florida.

Paul Samford was born on November 27, 1920, in Tenaha, Texas, to William and Euna Samford. Mr. Samford served his country in the United States Air Force attaining the rank of CMSgt before retiring in 1970, after 29 years of service. He was a member of the Carthage Masonic Lodge #521. Mr. Samford was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Carthage. He was preceded in death by his parents; a twin sister, Pauline Needham; and two brothers, Van and Harry Samford.

Mr. Samford is survived by two daughters, Paula Laritz of Pensacola and Debra Duke and husband J.E. of Carthage; one brother, Archie Morris Samford of Carthage; three grandchildren, Frankie Laritz of Pensacola, Angel Chapin of Roswell, New Mexico, and Dorothy Kozakowski of Chicago. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive Mr. Samford.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.