Individual Details

THOMAS DRAKE SAMFORD, III
Services for Thomas Drake Samford, III, 69, of Opelika, Alabama, will be held on Monday, August 11, 2003. Interment will be at Rosemere Cemetery, in Opelika, at 11:30 a.m. for family and any friends who may desire to attend. A memorial service will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church in Opelika at 2:00 p.m. Revs. Earl Ballard, Mike Roberts, and Walter Albritton will officiate. Visitation will take place in Trinity's Fellowship Hall following the service. Mr. Samford, who died on Friday, August, 8, 2003, at his home in Opelika, was born there on March 4, 1934, the son of Thomas Drake Samford, Jr., and Aileen Maxwell Samford. Following graduation from Princeton University, he served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1961, he graduated from law school at the University of Alabama and returned to Opelika, where he practiced law, was active in civic affairs, and served as Municipal Judge for 27 years. Mr. Samford served as an attorney for Auburn University from 1961 until his death, serving as General Counsel from 1965 until his retirement in 1995, and continuing to be active as General Counsel Emeritus. He was actively involved with Trinity UMC, teaching the Inquirers Sunday School Class and singing in multiple choirs. Mr. Samford is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Jacqueline (Jackie) Samford, Opelika; his devoted children: Thomas Drake Samford, IV (Janice), Montgomery; Lynn Samford Fargason (John), Birmingham; Robert Maxwell Samford (Joy), Opelika; and Richard Drake Samford (Debra), Opelika; grandchildren: Jennifer, Lauren, and Heather Samford, Montgomery; Justin and Luke Fargason, Birmingham; Amanda, Chase, and Clay Samford, Opelika; Drake and Mary Whitten Samford, Corey Lemke, and Colt Perryman, Opelika; a great-grandson, Anthony Morgan, Montgomery; a brother, William J. Samford, II, Opelika; a sister, Aileen Samford Walpole, Charleston, South Carolina, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.The family respectfully declines the gift of flowers and requests that memorial donations be directed to: Love of the Children Fund, Trinity UMC, 800 2nd Avenue, Opelika, AL 36801. Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home Directing, Opelika, AL
Published by Montgomery Advertiser on Aug. 10, 2003.

Birth	4 Mar 1934	Opelika, Lee County, Alabama
Marriage	7 Jun 1955	Alabama City, Etowah County, Alabama - Jacqueline Eleanor Screws
Death	8 Aug 2003	Opelika, Lee County, Alabama
Obituary	10 Aug 2003	Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial	11 Aug 2003	Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama

Spouse	Jacqueline Eleanor Screws (1933 - 2020)
Child	Thomas Drake Samford IV (1956 - 2011)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Thomas Drake Samford Jr. (1905 - 1948)
Mother	Mary Aileen Maxwell (1911 - 2002)
Sibling	William James Samford II (1936 - 2018)
Sibling	Aileen Maxwell Samford (1941 - )

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