The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-01-14
SAM N. STORM DIES
OF HEART TROUBLE
was Long Resident Of grookhavsn--
Health had Been Failing for
some Time.

Some Time.
Mr.. Sam N. Storm, aged sixty-two 9
native son. and lifelong resident ol
Broolkhaven died suddenly at the family
residence Thursday afternoon at about
three o'clock of aneurism of the heart
On the night preceding his death, ht
had returned from New Orleans infirm'
ary accompanied by his wife and eldest
daughter. Mrs. j. d. Kerr, and while
no hope of ultimate recovery was EN-
tertained, the death came as shock tc
family and friends.
Surviving Mr.. Storm are his wife
formerly Miss Josie McGrath. and eight
children. Mrs. ]. D. Kerr of Covington
La. Mrs. Artis Lilly, and Misses Josie
Dell and Genevieve Storm of Brookha-
ven; Sam Storm of Louisville KY; Tom
Storm of Memphis; Cullen Storm OF
Houston, Tex. and James Boyce Storm
of Brookhaven. He leaves five sisters,
Mrs. A. c. Seavey and Misses Mary
Dele and Bonnie Storm of Brookhayen
and Mrs. Lena Ramsey of Hazlehurst,
and two brothers. Messrs. John and Joe
Storm, also seven grandchildren. Mr..
Storm was associated with the firm of
John McGrath & Sons thirty-two years
as head Of the Grocery Department,
and enjoyed an unusually wide ac-
quaintance and esteem among the public
and the travelling representatives of
firms with which he dealt.
The above in brief outlines the life Of
the deceased-the well-known resident
who passed from the familiar scenes Of
which he had long been part, on Jan.
~. 1922.
Mr.. Storm, naturally strong and virile
had suffered greatly the past several
years and his friends and family were
so apprehensive of long and difficult
struggle before the end, that relief came
with the fact of his quiet and beautiful
passing into the Beyond. Death is not
so terrible at last" said devoted rela-
tive who saw the beloved face turn to-
ward the Gates of the Eternal City. His
wife's comment on beautiful flowers
sent in while in New orleans,w as met
with the beloved husbands reply: I'm
not thinking about f1owers-I am think
ing about my Cod. And so assurance
came that before the soul winged it's
fight it apprehended the serious import
of the illness that resulted in death and
was ready to meet its Maker.
Mr.. Storm was married to the now
bereaved wife about thirty-six years
ago. Older citizens recall, now that
the first of the happy quartette of the
distinguished double wedding has brok-
en- ranks, the rare and beautiful nup-
tial celebration at Heucks Opera
House, when Mr.. Storm and Miss Josie
McGrath and Mr.. M. D. McGrath and
Miss Leontine Cantoni were united in
holy bonds until death US do part"
Mr.. Storm was a leader in Brookha-
ven's social world when a young man
and there were few marriages in which
he was not an attendant and few social
gatherings in which he failed to min
gle to add with his wit and humor and
genial presence to the pleasure of his
large circle of happy and admiring
young friends. He sang and danced
and entered with zest into the pleas
ures of life and yet retained a distinct
individuality and a personality marked
all his life by an enviable sincerity, a
refreshing originality and a guileless
yet determined purpose to express in
word and deed himself-independe
or did-and vet imputing to all the pri-
vilege and the right to- think or do
otherwise. His friends were innum-
erable in this vicinity-he was accom-
modating in his business relations, kind
and considerate always and his word
was his bond.
Mr.. Storm possessed an artistic tall
ent that he manifested, in days of his
strength in active and rare service beau
tifying the grounds of his home and in
the construction of hand made articles
of dainty furniture of exquisite work
manship wrought by his dexterous
hands in his spare moments.
His creed? Why should we name one
when life gone out SO well expressed
the religion it demonstrated throughout
its long record.
Leaving the irritation of business and
the exacting demands of the public be-
hind him when he entered the sanctum
of his home he carried love with him
and found It there to meet him. His
devotion to his large family circle and
theirs to him was known to the COM
munity where his happy married life be-
gan and ended.
Mr.. Storm was so familiar a figure
upon our streets that friends almost
forgot it could not be permanently a
component part of our city and it is
difficult to realize that "the ways that
knew him will know him no more" He
remained actively engaged in his place
of business until his last attack which
was brief. Neither friends nor the wide
circle Of relatives of the Storm. seavey
and McGrath families anticipated the
early elimination of the malady with
which he suffered.
To the devoted circle bowed in their
sorrow at the home he loved; to the
sisters and brothers who mourn and to
the little grandchildren sympathy goes
out abundantly as they sit in the sha-
dow that death has brought.
The funeral services are being con-
Quoted at the family residence this
morning as The Leader goes to press.
TWO SOUTHERN CITIES LEAD.