Gracie Kathleen Sammons, age 92 and longtime Irving resident, died on March 16, 2015. She was born on November 7, 1922 in Woodbine, Texas to Hubert Cain and Tabitha Norris Cain and enjoyed a long career as the Head of Quality Control for Texas Instruments. Family and church were very important to Kathleen and she was an actively involved member of the First United Methodist Church in Irving in addition to being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and sister. She also loved working in her yard tending roses and learning to use the I Pad that connected her to family. Kathleen is preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband William Sammons, Cal and Fern Cain, Allie Bell and Marvin Futrell, Jean and Milton Henderson, Billy Cain and Curt Henderson. Left to forever cherish her memory are her son Joe Sammons and his wife Susan of San Antonio; her sister Ruth Smith and sister-in-law Sue Cain; grandsons Blake Sammons and wife Mandie of San Antonio and Logan Sammons of Los Angeles, CA; nieces and nephews Frankie Mimbs, Jack Hamilton, Andy Warren, Charlie Henderson, Mike, Brian and Shannon Cain, Bobbie Strickland, James Edward Smith, Rita Deddins, Joan Wernli, Kathleen Mickelson and Virginia Riddle. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at First United Methodist Church of Irving with Reverend Sammy Hargrove officiating followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas. The family will receive friends at Brown’s Memorial Funeral Home in Irving on Friday, March 20, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.