Sammy J. Lindsey

Sammy J. Lindsey, age 94, died Sunday January 14, 2018, at South Central Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at Memory Chapel on Monday January 15, 2018, from 5 pm to 8 pm. Funeral services will be held at Mr. Lindsey’s home church, Mt. Vernon Methodist Church, on Tuesday January 16, 2018, at 10:00 am. Mr. Lindsey will be placed in the church at 9:00 am. Burial will follow in the church’s cemetery. Reverend Davy Fenton will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ollie Herrington, Evan Lindsey, Eric Lindsey, Carl Lindsey, A.R. (Buck) Buckley and Frankie Rucker. Sammy graduated Glade Grammar School in the spring of 1938. He then attended Ellisville Agriculture High School, where he graduated in the spring of 1942. He attended Jones County Junior College for one year, and then joined the U.S. Army. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the U.S. was at war with Japan and Germany. During his year at JCJC, he enlisted in a program of the Army called the Army Specialized Training Program and was inducted in the Army on July 1, 1943. He was sent to Fort Hood Texas for basic training, and upon completion was sent to the University of Florida for further training. This program was discontinued in the spring of 1944, and all of the students were transferred to the 94th Infantry Division located at Camp Grenada in Grenada, MS. After further training at this camp, Sammy boarded the ship Queen Mary in New York on August 6, 1944, bound for England. In the following months, he took part in the following battles and campaigns: Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He was awarded the following Decorations and Citations: ATO Medal, EAMETO Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. During all these actions he received no wounds or injuries. On December 30, 1945, he departed France and arrived in New York on January 9, 1946. From there he went to Camp Shelby, MS and was given an Honorable Discharge on January 16, 1946. Sammy was employed by the United Postal Service in Laurel, MS in June of 1958, and retired in January 1985. He began his employment as a substitute city carrier, and retired as the Manager of Mail Processing. From 1954 until 1971 he served as the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 30. He is preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Merle Lindsey, and his three brothers Billy Lindsey, Jimmy Lindsey and Thad C. Lindsey Jr. He is survived by his daughter, Cindy Herrington of the Glade community; his son, Ken Lindsey and wife Rhonda of the Glade community; three grandchildren, Ollie Herrington (Bridget), Evan Lindsey (Katie) and Eric Lindsey (Micah); six great-grandchildren, Isaac Herrington, Jackson Lindsey, Camryn Lindsey, Charlotte Lindsey, Charley Wells and Abi Schwab. To view and sign our online guestbook visit www.memorychapellaurel.com

Sammy J. Lindsey

October 22, 1923 - January 14, 2018