Sam Paschal

Samuel Dennis Paschal, 88, died Wednesday, May 23,2012 at his home in Jacksboro. Sam was born in Panther Creek in Denton County April 28, 1924, the son of Samuel Dennis Paschal V and Constanza Amelia Parolini Paschal. He volunteered for military duty February 9,1942, and served in air support and communications at Manduria Air Field in southern Italy with the Red Tails, B-24 Heavy Bombers of the 450th Bomb Group, 47th Wing, 15th Air Force. He mustered out as a sergeant on September 17,1945, with ten bronze battle stars, distinguished service medal and good conduct medal. On returning home from service, he married Hester Elnora Henson and moved to Jacksboro where he established Paschal Electric Company. Following Hester's death in 1971, he married Lois Ramsey in 1973. As an electrician and air-conditioning service specialist for thirty years, he wired and / or maintained service to almost every home and business in the area. He maintained the electrical services to oil field equipment in Jack County and upwards to fifty miles in surrounding counties and maintained service to the local hospital, the school system, the post office and others. Early in life, Sam became a collector and craftsmen. He left an extensive arrowhead and Indian artifact collection. A gunsmith by hobby, he won numerous awards as a marksmen shooting muzzle-loaders, rifles and handguns he made. In his work, as people discarded the old and turned to the new, he collected discarded frontier memorabilia county wide including kitchen wares, canning jars, barbed wire, tools, school items, toys and other, all donated to the Jack County Museum. The Indian artifacts will go to a university collection. Sam was preceded in death by his parents, brother Edgar Paschal and sisters Muriel Crouch, Vivian Williams, Ora Jackson and Gladys Swanter. He is survived by his wife Lois, son, Samuel Dennis Paschal Jr. and wife Paula of Denton, daughters, Lisa Marie Allen and husband, Wayne of Denton, and Pamela Ann Lowell of Pocatello, Idaho, stepsons John Enright of Jacksboro and Arthur Enright of Nacogdoches, Texs, and stepdaughter Laura Bilberry and husband Ray of Jacksboro, special friends Robert, Emelda, and Conuelo Tinajero, seventeen grandchildren and step grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Graveside service will be held at 10 am Thursday May 24, 2012 at Oakwood Cemetery.

Sam Paschal

April 28, 1924 - May 23, 2012