Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, November 9, 1993 TAG: 9311090279
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT-LUCAS, SAMUEL, ("BIG SAM")
LUCAS, Samuel, ("Big Sam"), 62, of Radford, died Monday, November 8, 1993
at his home after a long illness. He was the son of the late Dr. Ford K. Lucas
and the late Elrica Shelburne Lucas Mosely. He was preceded in death by his
brother, Dr. Davis C. Lucas, Cloverdale. He is survived by his wife, Vanessa
York Lucas, Radford; one son, Samuel Shelburne Lucas, Christiansburg; three
daughters and son-in-laws, Vanessa and Michael Morrison, Virginia Beach, Mary
and Neil Edwards, Christiansburg, Anne and Scott Hughes, Roanoke; three
grandsons, Christopher, James Samuel, and Matthew Morrison, Virginia Beach;
stepmother, Julia B. Lucas, Blacksburg. Mr. Lucas was a graduate of VPI with a
degree in Agriculture and Economics and from East Tennessee State with a
degree in Industrial Arts. He served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force during the
Indo-China conflict. In 1991, Mr. Lucas retired from the Montgomery County
School System after 30 years of teaching Industrial Arts. Mr. Lucas was an
accomplished athlete beginning with his high school days at Blacksburg High,
continuing through his college days at Virginia Tech and throughout his
military service. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the
Richardson-Horne Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Joe McCoy and Pastor
Bob Ferguson with burial in the Lucas Family Cemetery. The family asked that
in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the New River Valley Hospice or the
Old Brick Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9
Tuesday evening at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg.
by CNB