Samuel “Sam” Byron Johnston, 92 years, 4 months, 28 days old, passed away on February 15, 2025, in Cabool, Missouri.
On September 18, 1932, Sam was born in Drury, Missouri, to Charles and Ethel (Sanders) Johnston.
He grew up in Drury and attended Hickory Flats School.
Sam and Mary Sparks were united in marriage on June 10, 1980, at the Douglas County courthouse in Ava, Missouri.
He was a hard working man and enjoyed being on his farm. He worked in the timber as well as his vineyard. Sam was a good and honest man.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Gina Sparks; brothers, Tony Johnston, Gofrey Johnston, and Ezra Johnston; sisters, Helen Sanders and Anna Mae Campbell.
Sam is survived by his wife, Mary; his children, Dina Shoemaker of Baxter Springs, Kansas, Iva and Andrew Debord of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, Millie and Rod Weed of Clovis, New Mexico, and Steve and Vicki Johnston of Norwood, Missouri; eleven grandchildren, twelve great children; brothers, Van Johnston of Coos Bay, Oregon, and Jack Johnston of Nixa, Missouri.
Funeral services for Samuel will be Monday, February 17, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. in the Clinkingbeard Chapel, Ava, Missouri. Visitation will begin at 1:00 P.M. until service time. Burial will be in the Pleasant Home cemetery in Drury, Missouri. Officiating will be Ron McGlaughlin. Memorials may be made to Pleasant Home Cemetery.
