Susie L. Sams

September 15, 1925 - April 1, 2014

Mansfield - Susie L. Sams-Moorman, 88, was called home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness. Susie was born September 15, 1925, in Highland Homes, Alabama to the late Elder Phillip Bennett and Katie Bennett. Susie married Donald Moorman on September 18, 2012. Susie worked hard to raise her six children. She enjoyed writing poems. In 1995 she had a poem selected and published by the National Library of Poetry. The judges rated her poem as being among the top three percent. She loved to fish and spent considerable time cooking and eating. Her family was most important to her and she showered them with her love and wonderful cooking. Every holiday, Susie's home was filled with family and her amazing homemade wonders. She worked twenty-five years at Wood Lawn Nursing Home. Susie loved the Lord and as a faithful 40 year member of the Eastside Church of Christ. She was an excellent example of unwavering Christian love and generosity to not only her family, but her church family as well. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Donald Moorman, of Shiloh; a sister, Lela B. Carrick, of Montgomery, AL; two sons, Phillip (Iris) Morris Sr. , Crestview, FL and Freddie (Zsazsa) Sams, of Cleveland; three daughters, Brenda Morris, of Mansfield, Helen (Earl) Jones, of Decatur, GA and Evelyn (Chris) Ingram-Kirkland, of McDonough, GA; numerous grandchildren and great-children; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Katie Lindsey, a brother, Leland Bennett; a sister; Lonnie Middleton. The services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2014, 11 a.m., with one hour prior calling at Small’s Funeral Services, 326 Park Ave West, Mansfield, Ohio, with Brother James Bond officiating. The burial will follow at Mansfield Memorial Park. The repast will follow at Community Temple COGIC, 338 Harker St., Mansfield, Ohio. The family has entrusted Small’s Funeral Services with the arrangements. www.smallsfuneralservices.org