Dorothy Elaine (Andrews) Sample, 78

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Dorothy Elaine (Andrews) Sample of Ellicott City, formerly of Frankford, Del., took flight to her heavenly home on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, at the Holy Cross Rehabilitation Center, Burtonsville. She was 78.

The daughter of the late William and Matilda Andrews, Mrs. Sample received her early education in the Delaware school systems.

She was a member of the Layfayette Street Macedonia Church in Baltimore, and worked in the Maryland school system for many years as an educational aide.

Family members, especially her surviving siblings, cannot help but reflect on what a wonderful, kind, loving, compassionate, and energetic person Mrs. Sample was.

She will always be remembered for her outstanding fashion sense. Her hair was her crowning glory, which one knew to sweep over to one side, but one did not dare to offer her a full bang.

Mrs. Sample was a cruise expert. She enjoyed going on cruises and traveling in general, but when she went, she made sure that all of her family went as well.

More than anything in this world, she loved family. Her husband, twin daughters, grandchildren, and siblings were her world and she wanted everyone who came into contact with her to know of and realize this love.

Mrs. Sample leaves to cherish the fondest of memories her husband, Cleveland C. Sample of Ellicott City; twin daughters, Jacqueline Sample-Wright and Janice Elaine Paige; her sons-in-law, Kinnard Dwayne Wright and Rodney William Paige; four grandsons, Kinnard Cleveland Wright, Johnathan Matthew Wright, Justin Cornelius Paige and Ryan Rodney Paige; one brother, Joseph Andrews of Ellendale, Del.; three sisters, Charlotte Bagby of Philadelphia, Ruth Lewis of Baltimore and Shirley Mackey of Millsboro, Del.; four brothers-in-law, William Mackey of Millsboro, Jessie (Delores) Sample of Baltimore, Calvin (Francis) Sample of Baltimore and James Godwin of Philadelphia; two sisters-in-law, Mable (Martin) of Phoenix and Grace Andrews of Frankford; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were Saturday at St. John's 2nd Baptist Church, Mt. Joy Road, Millsboro, where the Rev. Annie Custis delivered the eulogy.

Interment will be at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday at the Garrison Forrest Veterans Cemetery, 11501 Garrison Forrest Road, Baltimore.

Professional services were by Deborah E. Harris-Nock Funeral Services, Greenwood.