Funeral services for Luther Oyama “Sam” Yeager will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Officiating will be Rev. J.W. Bunn, Rev. Calton Yeager, Rev. Don Banks, Rev. Waine Self and Rev. James Gardner. Interment will follow at Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Eros, LA. Sam was born March 6, 1928 in Eros, LA to the union of Luther Eugene and Laura Isabell Burson Yeager. He passed from this life to enter his heavenly rest August 15, 2011 following a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Through it all he never lost his sense of humor, visitors usually leaving with a smile. Sam was preceded in death by his first wife Hilda Bunn Yeager, baby daughter Luann, his parents, three sisters and three brothers. He is survived by his wife, Mary, son Randy, daughter Laurie and husband Mike, grandson Samuel, brother Calton and wife Martha; his second family Jeff, Donna, Brett, Brittani, Morgan, Michaela, Kaitlyn Cloyd and Brycen Hollis; several nieces and nephews. Sam graduated from Eros High School in1947 where he played basketball and baseball. During his high school years he worked as a rural ice delivery man in Jackson and Ouachita parishes. He served in Louisiana National Guard Company I. He was ordained deacon in Edgewood Baptist Church in 1957. He taught a men's Sunday School class from the early 1960's until 2010. He was an active and current member of Highland Baptist Church. His civic activities included the Optimist Club, Eros Masonic Lodge #295 where he served as Master and District Deputy Grand Master, Barak Shrine Club and Monroe Scottish Rites. Sam began serving on the West Monroe City Council in 1967 and continued serving faithfully as long as his health allowed, rarely missing a meeting. During his years of employment Sam worked at Ouachita National Bank for two years, First National Bank for fifteen years and Central Bank for twenty years until his retirement in 1989. He then went to work for Kilpatrick Funeral Home and was there until earlier this year. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of his Sunday School class, his Masonic brothers and members of the West Monroe City Council. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to The Gideons International McClendon Baptist Church Children's Building Fund or the charity of choice. Special thanks to the wonderful caregivers who have taken care of “Mr. Sam” during the past 2 ½ years; Dr. Coy Gammage, Sheila McClendon, Todd Hilton at Oncology Associates; Annette Picard, Rev. Don Banks, Barbara Johnson Rodgers, Willie Mae Standifer and Dana Toston of Hospice Family Alliance. Visitation will be Tuesday 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com