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PINEHURST, NC - Sam Thomas Timer, 83, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, passed away in his home on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, with his family beside him.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1926, son of the late Lawrence Dillon and Kenneth Thomas Timer.
Sam attended Union High School, Union, New Jersey, and Panzer College, in Montclair, New Jersey, where he met his wife Ethel Joyce Pasvolsky Timer. They married in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1948, and raised four children.
Sam served his country in the US Navy during World War II as a Sea Bee and fought in the invasion of Okinawa.
He received his Master's degree in Administration at Calvin Coolidge College.
Sam was a career football coach, and he coached at North Plainfield High School, University of Virginia, Clark High School, Wake Forest University, Virginia Military Institute, Cornell University, Duke University, Allegheny College, and Boston College.
He retired to Pinehurst, North Carolina in 1989. He came out of retirement in 1990 to coach the Birmingham Bulls in Birmingham, England, where they won the national championship.
He won numerous other championships during his career and coached in the Cotton Bowl and Hall of Fame Bowl.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence and
Kenneth Timer.
Besides his wife, Ethel, he is survived by his four children, Lawrence Timer and Caryl Browner of Cary, North Carolina, Richard Timer of North East, Pennsylvania, and Katherine Moralez of Apex, North Carolina, as well as nine grandchildren: Kim, Casey, and Kalen Timer, Sam and Gary Timer, Lauren and Joshua Browner, and Joseph and Elise Moralez, as well as three great-grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, Jody Timer, and two sons-in-laws, Robert Browner and Ricky Moralez.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Southern Pines at 10:00 am Tuesday February 16th. Interment was at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Donations may be made to the:
First Baptist Church of Southern Pines
or the
American Cancer Society
or the
FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care of Pinehurst
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~ SOURCE:
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory
Southern Pines, NC
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PINEHURST, NC - Sam Thomas Timer, 83, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, passed away in his home on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, with his family beside him.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1926, son of the late Lawrence Dillon and Kenneth Thomas Timer.
Sam attended Union High School, Union, New Jersey, and Panzer College, in Montclair, New Jersey, where he met his wife Ethel Joyce Pasvolsky Timer. They married in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1948, and raised four children.
Sam served his country in the US Navy during World War II as a Sea Bee and fought in the invasion of Okinawa.
He received his Master's degree in Administration at Calvin Coolidge College.
Sam was a career football coach, and he coached at North Plainfield High School, University of Virginia, Clark High School, Wake Forest University, Virginia Military Institute, Cornell University, Duke University, Allegheny College, and Boston College.
He retired to Pinehurst, North Carolina in 1989. He came out of retirement in 1990 to coach the Birmingham Bulls in Birmingham, England, where they won the national championship.
He won numerous other championships during his career and coached in the Cotton Bowl and Hall of Fame Bowl.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence and
Kenneth Timer.
Besides his wife, Ethel, he is survived by his four children, Lawrence Timer and Caryl Browner of Cary, North Carolina, Richard Timer of North East, Pennsylvania, and Katherine Moralez of Apex, North Carolina, as well as nine grandchildren: Kim, Casey, and Kalen Timer, Sam and Gary Timer, Lauren and Joshua Browner, and Joseph and Elise Moralez, as well as three great-grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, Jody Timer, and two sons-in-laws, Robert Browner and Ricky Moralez.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Southern Pines at 10:00 am Tuesday February 16th. Interment was at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Donations may be made to the:
First Baptist Church of Southern Pines
or the
American Cancer Society
or the
FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care of Pinehurst
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~ SOURCE:
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory
Southern Pines, NC
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PINEHURST, NC - Sam Thomas Timer, 83, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, passed away in his home on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, with his family beside him.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1926, son of the late Lawrence Dillon and Kenneth Thomas Timer.
Sam attended Union High School, Union, New Jersey, and Panzer College, in Montclair, New Jersey, where he met his wife Ethel Joyce Pasvolsky Timer. They married in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1948, and raised four children.
Sam served his country in the US Navy during World War II as a Sea Bee and fought in the invasion of Okinawa.
He received his Master's degree in Administration at Calvin Coolidge College.
Sam was a career football coach, and he coached at North Plainfield High School, University of Virginia, Clark High School, Wake Forest University, Virginia Military Institute, Cornell University, Duke University, Allegheny College, and Boston College.
He retired to Pinehurst, North Carolina in 1989. He came out of retirement in 1990 to coach the Birmingham Bulls in Birmingham, England, where they won the national championship.
He won numerous other championships during his career and coached in the Cotton Bowl and Hall of Fame Bowl.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence and
Kenneth Timer.
Besides his wife, Ethel, he is survived by his four children, Lawrence Timer and Caryl Browner of Cary, North Carolina, Richard Timer of North East, Pennsylvania, and Katherine Moralez of Apex, North Carolina, as well as nine grandchildren: Kim, Casey, and Kalen Timer, Sam and Gary Timer, Lauren and Joshua Browner, and Joseph and Elise Moralez, as well as three great-grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, Jody Timer, and two sons-in-laws, Robert Browner and Ricky Moralez.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Southern Pines at 10:00 am Tuesday February 16th. Interment was at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Donations may be made to the:
First Baptist Church of Southern Pines
or the
American Cancer Society
or the
FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care of Pinehurst
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~ SOURCE:
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory
Southern Pines, NC
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PINEHURST, NC - Sam Thomas Timer, 83, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, passed away in his home on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, with his family beside him.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1926, son of the late Lawrence Dillon and Kenneth Thomas Timer.
Sam attended Union High School, Union, New Jersey, and Panzer College, in Montclair, New Jersey, where he met his wife Ethel Joyce Pasvolsky Timer. They married in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1948, and raised four children.
Sam served his country in the US Navy during World War II as a Sea Bee and fought in the invasion of Okinawa.
He received his Master's degree in Administration at Calvin Coolidge College.
Sam was a career football coach, and he coached at North Plainfield High School, University of Virginia, Clark High School, Wake Forest University, Virginia Military Institute, Cornell University, Duke University, Allegheny College, and Boston College.
He retired to Pinehurst, North Carolina in 1989. He came out of retirement in 1990 to coach the Birmingham Bulls in Birmingham, England, where they won the national championship.
He won numerous other championships during his career and coached in the Cotton Bowl and Hall of Fame Bowl.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence and
Kenneth Timer.
Besides his wife, Ethel, he is survived by his four children, Lawrence Timer and Caryl Browner of Cary, North Carolina, Richard Timer of North East, Pennsylvania, and Katherine Moralez of Apex, North Carolina, as well as nine grandchildren: Kim, Casey, and Kalen Timer, Sam and Gary Timer, Lauren and Joshua Browner, and Joseph and Elise Moralez, as well as three great-grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, Jody Timer, and two sons-in-laws, Robert Browner and Ricky Moralez.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Southern Pines at 10:00 am Tuesday February 16th. Interment was at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Donations may be made to the:
First Baptist Church of Southern Pines
or the
American Cancer Society
or the
FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care of Pinehurst
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~ SOURCE:
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory
Southern Pines, NC
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