Christine “Christy” Sams passed away September 5, 2022.
She was born February 21, 1965 to Russell Bruce and Aileen (Little Axe) Ellis in Shawnee, OK.
Christy graduated in 1983 from Shawnee High School. She lived most of her adult life in Tecumseh. She attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Christy was a proud member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Russell Bruce and Linda Ellis; and Aileen (Little Axe) Ellis; grandparents, Frank and Edna Little Axe and Joyce and Charlie Ellis.
Survivors include her husband, Tim Sams of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Jordan Delaware of Tecumseh, OK; one son, Andrew Aspen of Oklahoma City, OK; two grandchildren, Ian Delaware and Corina Delaware; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Shannon and Donnie Smith of Tecumseh, OK, Holly Ellis and Ben Coffee of Shawnee, OK, Andrea and Jerome Harrison of Johnson, OK and Denea and R.B. Burgess of Seminole, OK; two brothers and sister-in-law, Phillip Ellis and Pamela of Pawnee, OK and Kevin Ellis of Shawnee, OK; aunts and uncles, Donna and Joe Jones, Carol Haney and Lorene Little Jim; and other extended family and friends.
Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022 and continue through service time. Service will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Victor Cope, First Indian Baptist Church in Moore, OK officiating under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh, OK.
