Sam Gregg, 94, a former cowboy, "faded away" at 7:20 a.m. today in North Plains Hospital.
Gregg, in February 1970 said, "I've got Comanche blood, so I'm not expecting to died, for the old Indian never dies, he just fades away."
A resident of Borger since 1935, Gregg resided at 133 Turner. He became a cowboy in 1890, when, as a 13 year-old, he was hired by Col. Charles Goodnight, the pioneer Panhandle ranchman noted for his partnership with John Adair.
Gregg, the son of Harmon and Virginia Gregg, was born at Birthright, near Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, Feb. 8, 1877.
Married to Helen Ruby White in 1904, his wife preceded him in death in 1938.
The lifetime member of IOOF Lodge of Sulphur Springs, Gregg is survived by three sons, Dick Gregg of Stinnett, L.S. of Borger, and Albert of Albuquerque, N.M., two daughters, Mrs. Reba Foster of Borger and Mrs. Monite Holly of Stinnett, one brother, Charles V. Gregg of Huntington Park, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Grace Laws of Ukiah, Calif., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in Ed Brown and Sons Chapel of Fountains with Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Claude Cemetery in Claude, under the direction of Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors.
