Age 78, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Dean Thompson, Pastor, Brockland Freewill Baptist Church, officiating. Sergeant Sample died Wednesday at his home. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born on January 18, 1930 in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas to William M. and Ella (Garroutte) Sample. He served 21 years in the US Army and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He retired on July 27, 1971. He received numerous medals including the Good Conduct Medal with five awards, three overseas service bars, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Expert Qualification Badge, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal with 60 device. He worked for civil service at Fort Sill for 21 years before retiring in 1992. He married Helen Stewart on January 6, 1996 in Lawton. He was a life member of the VFW Post #5263 and attended the Brockland Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of the home; three sons, David Sample, Mark W. Rickman and his wife, Cathy, of Mount Olive, North Carolina, and Paul Edward Rickman and his wife, Boni, of Traverse City, Michigan; five grandchildren, Josh Sample of Michigan, Lynette Michelle Hadder and her husband, Steven, of Washington, Sherry Kai Fenton and her husband, Bill, Chad Rickman and Chase Rickman, all of Traverse City, Michigan; many great grandchildren, two brothers, Cole Sample of Batesville, Arkansas, and Tom Sample of Kokomo, Indiana; and two sisters, Pauline Dressel and her husband, Vernon, of Cave City, Arkansas, and Mya Moore of Nixon, Missouri. His first wife, Estelle Sample, and several brothers and sisters preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, PO Box 2074, Lawton, Oklahoma 73502