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This Book of Memories memorial website is designed to be a permanent tribute paying tribute to the life and memory of Emmett Sams. It allows family and friends a place to re-visit, interact with each other, share and enhance this tribute for future generations. We are both pleased and proud to provide the Book of Memories to the families of our community.

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KINDNESS GOES A LONG WAYS AND SOMETIMES COMES FULL CIRCLE!

MR. SAMS WAS MY MATH TEACHER MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT MHC IN 1990. HE ALWAYS HAD TIME BEFORE, AFTER, DURING OR AT HIS OFFICE TIMES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I HAD LOTS OF MATH QUESTIONS. WHEN I WAS GETTING HELP; HE WOULD TAKE TIME GETTING TO KNOW ME BETTER, WHERE I WAS FROM, HOW I LIKED MHC, THAT MY MAJOR WAS ART AND HOW I WAS DOING. DURING OUR TALKS HE LEARNED I WAS FROM YANCEY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. HE ASED ME IF I KNEW A BOB RENFRO AND HE WAS PLEASED WHEN I SAID, THAT I GREW UP A HOLLOW OVER FROM HIM AND HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE NEIGHBOR FRIENDS OF MINE. HE SAID, HE HAD PLAYED BASKETBALL GAMES WITH BOB AT TIPTON HILL HIGH SCHOOL. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE TIME IN HIS LIFE; IT WAS GOOD FOR HIM AND I GAINED A GREAT FRIEND AT COLLEGE THAT HAD A FRIEND IN COMMON. THAT CHRISTMAS HE GAVE ME A LITTLE GLASS MOUSE THAT HELD A CANDLE AND A CARD SAYING I HAD REAL ARTIST TALENT, SO I DREW HIM A PICTURE. I LATER MEET MY FUTURE HUSBAND, CHARLES GRIFFIN; HE HAD ALSO BEEN A STUDENT OF MR.SAMS. WE RAN INTO MR.SAMS AND ASKED HIM TO OUR WEDDING IN 1994. HE CAME AND SO DID SEVERAL OTHER TEACHERS FROM MHC. MR. SAMS GAVE US A LOVELY SERVING BOWL WITH SPRING FLOWERS ON IT. IT WAS SO NICE OF HIM TO COME AND THE GIFT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY CHINA CABNET. LATER MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD CHANGE CHURCHES TO MHB WERE MR. SAMS WAS A MEMBER SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE HIM MORE OFTEN AND TOO WATCH HIM BECOME FRIENDS TO OUR TWO CHILDREN; JOE NOW 18 AND OUR DAUGHTER SARAH AGE 12 ........................ - KATHY HONEYCUTT GRIFFIN, MARS HILL- MHC CLASS OF 94 - CHARLES ROBERT GRIFFIN, MARS HILL- MHC CLASS OF 88
Friday April 5, 2013 at 7:17 pm
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