SAMUEL CARSON BLAYNEY, 85, OF FLORENCE, TEXAS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON AUGUST 5 T H , 2026.

SAM WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA ON APRIL 5 T H OF 1941, HE ATTENDED JAMES WOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY AND SHORTLY AFTER, MOVED TO TEXAS.

HE BECAME A WELL ESTABLISHED PROJECT MANAGER AFTER OVERSEEING VARIOUS BUILDINGS OF BERGSTORM AUSTIN AIRPORT AND J.J. PICKLES RESEARCH CENTER AT UT AUSTIN. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A FARMER WHO SHOWED GRIT, HARD WORK, AND DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY. HE AND SHARON RAISED THIER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, HOSTED EXCHANGE STUDENTS TO GIVE THEM THE TEXAS LIFESTYLE, AND WERE GENEROUS IN HOW MUCH THEY HELPED OTHERS. HIS DEDICATION TO HIS FAMILY, HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS, AND HIS HARD-WORKING SPIRIT WILL BE REMEMBERED AND CHERISHED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM..

SAM IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS ORREN AND IVIE BLAYNEY, SIBLINGS; WILLIAM BLAYNEY, BARBARA HALLMARK, NANCY BLAYNEY, MARY SHOTWELL, AND FORREST BLAYNEY.

HE IS LOVINGLY SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, SHARON, CHILDREN: SHANNON VINCENT OF AUSTIN, TX, SUZANNA AND HUSBAND RICK POWER OF FLORENCE, TX, AND GRANDCHILD: HALEY OF FLORENCE TX, BROTHER: HENRY BLAYNEY OF ORIENTAL, NORTH CAROLINA, AND HIS MANY COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.