John Sample

John Henry Sample, a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on Oct 30, 2018 just short of his 79th birthday from esophageal cancer. John was born in Joliet, IL, on Nov 1, 1939, where he graduated from Lockport Township High School. He graduated from LSU in Business Administration in 1962. He served for a brief period in the US Air Force. John was formerly married to Suzanne Sabin Terrell, who still resides in Baton Rouge. He worked with Arnold Palmer selling golf equipment, then for Titleist in his early career. He operated his own mortgage business, National Mort­gage Network, where he spent the majority of his working years. He was a superb golfer winning many tournaments in Illinois before mov­ing south to play golf for LSU. John shattered the City Park course record in 1958 firing a 10 under par score of 60 and won many club championships at Sherwood Forest CC. An avid duck hunter and fish­erman, John fell in love with Louisi­ana. He loved spending time with his sons, grandsons, and friends at their camp near Galiano. He is pre­ceded in death by his parents Archie Sample and Dorothy Ander­son Sample Younger. John is sur­vived by his sister Dorlene (Cookie) Djerf, two sons Greg and David Sample and four grandchildren, Lindsey, Hayden, Christian and Jon- Mikael Dexter Sample. The grave­side memorial service and burial will take place at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy, at 10:30AM on Fri Nov 23rd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in John’s name or go to http://main. acsevents.org/goto/John_Sample.