Sams, Mark Wayne

Sams, Mark Wayne

Aug. 9, 1962 - May 2, 1978

Cayuga, Ind.--A 15 year old North Vermilion High freshman, was killed Tuesday when a borrowed motorcycle he was riding crashed broadside into a car.

Mark Wayne Sams, who resided on South Second Street in Cayuga, died at 4:50 p.m. Tuesday (May 2, 1978.)

Born August 9, 1962, in Clinton, Ind., he was the son of Phillip W. and Margaret Mahoney Sams. His interests were motorcycling and playing the guitar.

Suviving besides the parents are a brother, Phillip, at home; a sister, Diana, a student at Indiana University; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney of Cayuga; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Nina (Roy) Fisher of Danville; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was proceeded in death by his paternal grandfather.

Services will be at 2 P.M., Friday at The Malcom DeVerter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Early Officiating. Burial will be in the Thomas Cemetery at Newport. Friends will be received after 4 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.