AMELIA M. SAMUELS
Amelia Mason Samuels, 89, of Clinton, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Superior Care Home in Paducah.
Amelia was born <st1:date w:st="on" month="12" day="9" year="1924">December 9, 1924 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Russellville,
<st1:state w:st="on">KY. She was the youngest of the
three Mason girls Mary, Carolyn, and Amelia. She grew up in depression-era
Russellville the daughter of Lela Wilkins Mason and Ewin Mills Mason who owned
and operated a small grocery store. She entered The University of Kentucky in
1942 where she lived all four years in The Shelby House (a house for 4-H girls
who were majoring in Home Economics). After she graduated in 1946, she served
as Assistant Home Demonstration Agent in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Christian <st1:placename w:st="on">County,
KY. In 1947 she was offered and accepted the Home Demonstration Agent position
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Hickman County, <st1:state w:st="on">KY. During her time in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hickman <st1:placetype w:st="on">County,
she met Ray Brent Samuels from Bardwell. They were married in December 1948.
She and Ray lived in several places in the southeast while Ray was with Eastern
Air Lines. In 1955 they moved back to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Clinton,
<st1:state w:st="on">KY and opened Samuels' Food
Market. Amelia and Ray were very active members of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">First <st1:placename w:st="on">Baptist
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Church in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton where she was the
church secretary for 26 years. She retired in December, 1999. She also taught
several Sunday School classes there for 45+ years and for the last 20+ years
she taught a ladies class, The Vota Vita Class, which has now renamed itself
The Amelia Class. In 2010, her health kept her from that duty and she saw the
need to move to Jackson Oaks Retirement Community then to Morningside Assisted
Living before full-time residence at Superior Care Home all in Paducah and also
became a member of
Twelve Oaks Baptist Church. We would like to thank the staff of Superior Care
for their professionalism and compassion which has made the last two years much
easier.
In her kitchen she had for 55 years, where she excelled in making nutritious and delicious family meals, on a note inside a cabinet door, she posted a reminder which read: “Don’t criticize, complain, or gossip.” She lived by that motto everyday. She had peace in her life because of her relationship with and service to God.
Amelia was preceded in death by her parents, her two sisters, and her husband of 44 years, Ray. She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Rae Samuels Evans and husband, Paul, of Jackson, TN and her son, Ewin Brent Samuels and wife, Pam, of Paducah also grandsons Jason Hlad and wife, Samantha, of San Angelo, TX and Shaun Hlad of Indianapolis, IN and her grand-daughter, Spencer Erin Samuels Young and husband, David, and great-grandson, Mason, all of Paducah.
Funeral Services will be held 2 PM Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the Brown Funeral Home in Clinton with Bro. Charles Blair officiating. Burial will follow in the Bardwell Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 AM on Thursday at the Brown Funeral Home in Clinton.
Expressions of sympathy can be made in the form of contribution to Clinton First Baptist Church, 320 Mayfield Road, Clinton, KY 42031 or The Gideons International, P.O. Box 1325, Fulton, KY 42041.