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SAMFORD Charles Chuck Wallace Samford, age 88, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, after a valiant struggle with complications from pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was born April 28, 1923, to Charles and Ethel Samford, who later gave birth to his sister, Doris Marie. The family moved to various construction jobs regularly. As a result of their travels, Chuck attended different schools every year of his life until senior high when he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, in 1940, in Jacksonville. Chuck enrolled at GA Tech but his college studies were interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the U. S. Army 303rd Infantry, in Europe and Japan. He was later declared disabled due to deafness from the effects of heavy gunfire experienced during his Army service. After the war, he completed his degree in Civil Engineering, from GA Tech, in 1947. He met and married his loving wife, Mary, in Jacksonville, in 1951. They moved to Albany, GA, where they were blessed with four wonderful children. The family returned to Jacksonville, in 1964, where Chuck worked until called by the Lord into mission work. Chuck returned to GA Tech, in 1976, earning his M. S. in Hydrology. From 1979-1988, Chuck and Mary were assigned by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to Malawi, Africa, where he served as a water engineer. He and Mary fell in love with the people of that land, recognizing their many gifts and their many needs. After retirement, they continued traveling to many parts of the world, despite Chucks numerous medical challenges, including a return to their beloved Malawi, in 2006. Chuck and Mary enjoyed homes and friends in Atlanta, Highlands and Sky Valley, before returning to Jacksonville, in the summer of 2000.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; their four children, Margaret Day (John), Charles (Donna), Louis (Frances) and Samuel Samford (Janet); grandchildren, Caroline Dale (Craig), Jessica Oumarou (Ibrahim), Peter and Andrew Day (Carrie), Timothy and Scott Samford, Mary Cobble, and Christopher and Samuel W. Samford, Jr.; great-grandchildren include Presley, Maggie and Chloe Dale, Adia, Jacques and Souley Oumarou, and Jasmine Cobble. Chuck is also survived by his sister, Doris M. Eaton (Wayne), of Leesburg; sister-in-law, Delcia A. Francke; and niece, Stephanie Aichel Harjung. A celebration of Chucks life will be held Thursday, July 21, 2011, at 3:00 PM, at St. Johns Presbyterian Church, 4275 Herschel St. The family will greet friends at a reception immediately following, at the church. Interment will be Friday, July 22, 2011, at 10:00 AM, at Riverside Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Child Survival in Malawi (CSIM) Fund, via check to St. Johns Presbyterian Church, noted to CSIM, the Wounded Warriors Project, or to the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to: Hardage-Giddens Town and Country Funeral Home, 7242 Normandy Blvd., 904-781-9262, www.townandcountryfuneralhome.com. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
Published by Florida Times-Union on Jul. 20, 2011.

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Birth	28 Apr 1923	North Carolina
Census (family)-shared	1930	(Charles Casey Samford and Ethel Maxwell) Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Census (family)-shared	8 Apr 1940	(Charles Casey Samford and Ethel Maxwell) Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Marriage	27 Apr 1951	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida - Living
Marriage	2 Jun 1951	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida - Living
Death	17 Jul 2011	Duval County, Florida
Obituary	20 Jul 2011	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Burial	22 Jul 2011	Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Charles Casey Samford (1889 - 1973)
Mother	Ethel Maxwell (1893 - 1960)
Sibling	Doris Marie Samford (1926 - 2019)

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