Samuel Wesley Hancock, Sr., age 91, of Apopka, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014. He was born on April 06, 1923 in Brook, Indiana. Mr. Hancock, Sr. moved to the Central Florida area 50 years ago from Tennessee. He was a Baptist and worked in the construction industry.
Mr. Hancock, Sr. is survived by his loving children, Samuel W. Hancock, Jr., Sundee Preedy, Sharon Tyler, Thomas Hancock, Steve Hancock, Shirley Hancock, Gary French, and Glenn French; eighteen grandchildren; and 31 great grandchildren.
This heritage started 67 years ago with Pastor Herbert F. Loomis, who founded the First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1934. In 1938 Francis E. Loomis, son of Pastor Herbert F. Loomis, received his license to practice Mortuary Science and in 1941 established Loomis Funeral Home of Winter Garden, FL. 
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Sammy Hancock Jr says
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Ms. Webb says
Hancock Family:Please accept our condolences. May you be comforted by our Heavenly Father knowing that he is near to those broken at heart. (Psalm 34:18)
Shannon says
I am truly sorry for your loss. May you find comfort from God's promise to "swallow up death forever, and to wipe away tears from all faces.." (Isaiah 25:8I am truly sorry for your loss. May you find comfort from God's promise to "swallow up death forever, and to wipe away tears from all faces.." (Isaiah 25:8)
Morales family says
I am really sorry for your loss. John 5 28:29 tells us of Jesus' promise that “those in the memorial tombs will… come out." This will be possible when God's Kingdom restores the paradise earth. May Jehovah guide your way. Your family is in our prayers.