Bobbie "Speedy" Sample, 82, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at his home.

He was born on April 19, 1934 in Madisonville to the late Zelphia Sample and Maynard Sample. Bobbie was a United States Army Korean War Veteran and is a retired coal miner from Island Creek Coal Company-Fies Mines and Peabody Coal Company Camp 2. He enjoyed hunting, his guns and his tractor. He truly loved his dogs.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Nancy Slaton; daughter, Donna Marie Jones; brother, Charles Sample; sister, Margaret Sample; and two half-sisters.

Survivors include his wife of forty-three years, Ruth Sample; daughters, Teresa Sample of Mortons Gap, KY, Cheryl Stine Taylor and husband, Bill of Providence and Jennifer Yager and husband, Dave from Wheatcroft, KY; sons, Madison "J.R." Sample and wife, Stacey and Kevin Whittinghill and wife, Thelma all of Madisonville; nine grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; special grandson-in-law, B.J; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville. Burial to follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville. Military honors will be conducted graveside by the 101st Airborne Division Ft. Campbell and the Hopkins County Honor Guard. The pallbearers are the grandsons.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial Contributions may be made in Bobbie's memory to the Hopkins County Humane Society or the Hopkins County Christian Food Bank.