Mr. Lester C. Samples

January 20, 1936 - March 2, 2020

Samples, Lester Cleveland age 84, of Alpharetta, Ga. passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, March 2, 2020. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Joyce Walker Samples; Parents, Mary Narsis Dinsmore Samples and Bascombe (Sam) Samples of Alpharetta. Lester was a native of Milton County, Alpharetta Ga. He proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War as an Air Fireman Security and Heavy Machinery Operator. After the service, Lester returned to Atlanta and joined his father as an Iron Worker and built many of the well-known structures in Atlanta and around the Southeast. Later, he joined Lockheed Martin as a Master Welder where he retired. Lester loved his family, friends, the outdoors, time at the Green Streak Deer Camp in Washington County and the North Georgia Mountains. He was a longtime member of Alpharetta First Baptist Church and The Masonic Lodge of North Fulton, Alpharetta. Lester’s legacy will be his kind and generous nature, his patience, courage, and peaceful disposition. He leaves behind a daughter, Nina Samples of Alpharetta; son, Barry Samples and wife Debbie of Cumming; grandchildren, Ashley Samples Corner and husband Josh of Dawsonville, Adam Samples and wife Morgan of Cumming, Alyssa Samples of Athens; great-grandchildren, Reagan Grace Corner and Natalie Diane Samples; nephews, great nieces and nephews. Funeral service and visitation will be Friday, March 6, 2020 at Northside Chapel Funeral Directors, Visitation 11-1p.m. with Service at 1p.m; Pastor Keith Niager of Savannah Ga. and Rev. Ed Schrader of Alpharetta, Ga. officiating. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to LCFA, Lung Cancer Foundation of America, Agape Hospice, Marietta, Ga. AFBC, Care Ministry, Alpharetta Ga.