He wrote of attending Central High School in Charlotte, N.C., where “Knowledge Is Power”; of the “too-distant memory of those glorious times at Princeton,” where he belonged to Ivy Club and sang tenor with the Glee Club; of “basking in memories” over 43 years of his wife and “co-adventurer in life,” Sherry; of their home in Charlotte, where Sam was raised and to which he returned after law school at the University of North Carolina; of time spent with Sherry in their garden; of three children and 11 grandchildren; of his seven dogs over time; of the “truly good” clients he served during a half-century practice of what might be called family law in Charlotte; of singing with Sherry in their Baptist church’s choir; of basketball and tennis and bass fishing; and of taking up running in his 40s, including finishing 10 marathons, including one each in Chicago and Atlanta.
Sam died July 23, 2022, relatively quickly at home, of late-diagnosed pancreatic cancer. “If love could save him,” Sherry said, “he’d still be alive.”