Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Earl Erwin 
Birth13 Oct 1926, Stanly County, NC
Death18 May 2003, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
Burial20 May 2003, Rockwell Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherWilson Mack Erwin (1879-1958)
MotherFlorence Augusta Hix (1886-1978)
Spouses
Birth10 Sep 1929, Rowan County, NC
Death31 May 2019, Meadows Retirement Center, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
Burial5 Jun 2019, Rockwell Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherWilliam Reid Misenheimer (1907-1974)
MotherClara Eva Kluttz (1907-2004)
Marriage2 Oct 1992
Notes for Samuel Earl Erwin
Samuel “Sam” Erwin
ROCKWELL -- Samuel "Sam" Earl Erwin, 76, Rockwell, died Sunday (May 18, 2003) at Meadows of Rockwell Retirement Center.
Born Oct. 13, 1926, in Stanly County, Mr. Erwin was a son of the late Wilson Mack and Florence Augusta Hicks Erwin. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. He sang with the Chapeleers at Gen. George C. Patton's funeral.
A graduate of Mount Ulla High School and Pfeiffer College, he held a bachelor of science from Catawba College and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He retired after 30 years as a teacher and principal in Rowan County, Winston-Salem and Raleigh schools. Later, he opened Benchmark Realty, a commercial, residential, land and development property business in Cleveland. He operated the business until his health no longer permitted.
A member of St. James Lutheran Church, he was a former member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Millbridge, and was a member of the Mount Ulla-Bear Poplar Lions Club. He was associated with the Rockwell Golf Club.
Survivors include wife Elizabeth Misenheimer Erwin, whom he married Oct. 2, 1992; brother James "Jim"Erwin, Salisbury; and sisters Carol E. Shuping, Columbia, S.C., and Florence E. Houck, Mount Ulla.
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. James Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Craig Sigmon, pastor, and the Rev. Charles McManus, former pastor. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at the church fellowship hall. The body can be viewed between 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Powles Funeral Home.
Memorials: St. James Lutheran Church, Rockwell, NC; or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, Salisbury, NC.
Salisbury Post, 20 Nov 2003
ROCKWELL -- Samuel "Sam" Earl Erwin, 76, Rockwell, died Sunday (May 18, 2003) at Meadows of Rockwell Retirement Center.
Born Oct. 13, 1926, in Stanly County, Mr. Erwin was a son of the late Wilson Mack and Florence Augusta Hicks Erwin. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. He sang with the Chapeleers at Gen. George C. Patton's funeral.
A graduate of Mount Ulla High School and Pfeiffer College, he held a bachelor of science from Catawba College and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He retired after 30 years as a teacher and principal in Rowan County, Winston-Salem and Raleigh schools. Later, he opened Benchmark Realty, a commercial, residential, land and development property business in Cleveland. He operated the business until his health no longer permitted.
A member of St. James Lutheran Church, he was a former member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Millbridge, and was a member of the Mount Ulla-Bear Poplar Lions Club. He was associated with the Rockwell Golf Club.
Survivors include wife Elizabeth Misenheimer Erwin, whom he married Oct. 2, 1992; brother James "Jim"Erwin, Salisbury; and sisters Carol E. Shuping, Columbia, S.C., and Florence E. Houck, Mount Ulla.
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. James Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Craig Sigmon, pastor, and the Rev. Charles McManus, former pastor. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at the church fellowship hall. The body can be viewed between 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Powles Funeral Home.
Memorials: St. James Lutheran Church, Rockwell, NC; or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, Salisbury, NC.
Salisbury Post, 20 Nov 2003