Background
Sams, Joan Opal was born on October 24, 1941 in New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Frank Gordon and Merle Gertrude (Gorrell) Burch.
Sams, Joan Opal was born on October 24, 1941 in New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Frank Gordon and Merle Gertrude (Gorrell) Burch.
Graduate, St. Joseph's School Nursing, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1962.
Staff nurse St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, 1962-1965, Wetzel County Hospital, New Martinsville, 1966-1967, 69—, evening supervisor nurse, 1970-1972, infection control nurse, since 1985. Staff nurse St. Vincent Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1967.
Member Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, West Virginia Association for Practitioners in Infection Control.
Married William Ray Sams Senior, January 29, 1963. Children: William Ray, Junior, David Allen, Christina Dee.