Trula Belle Sams-Fortner Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Trula Belle Sams-Fortner of Roan Mountain, Tennessee, who passed away at the age of 92, on December 30, 2020. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Trula Belle Sams-Fortner to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Lee Sams and Mattie Sams of Keenburg; her husband Lloyd I. Fortner, Sr.; and her son-in-law Greg Starkman. She is survived by: her friend Dorothy Leible of California; her children, Ike Fortner (Patricia), Dennis Cove, Mike Fortner (Jeri), Erwin, Kathy Montgomery (Fred), Selma Starkman of Lopez, WA and Sheila Birchfield (Dennis); her grandchildren, Amanda Hughes, Crystal Birchfield, Michael Birchfield, Matthew Birchfield Shannan Fortner, Jessica Bankston, Jennifer Lawson, Amy Harrison, Kelly Swiderski and Jesse Starkman; her sisters, Selma Perry of Bluff City and Doodle Renfro of Johnson City; her niece Betty Jean Stout; and her close friend Flo Rodriguez. She is also survived by her seventeen Great Grandchildren and one Great Great Grandchild.
