Samuel C. Inman

Samuel Cooper Inman, a fifth generation Atlantan, died August 23, 2010 at age 83. He was the son of Mildred Cooper Inman and Hugh T. Inman; the grandson of Emily Caroline MacDougald Inman and Edward H. Inman, builders of the Swan House; and great grandson of Samuel M. Inman, one of the founders of Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott College. After graduating from Marist High School, he entered Georgia Tech and remained until he was drafted into the Army at the end of W.W. II. He served in the Army as a new recruit instructor for one year. Afterwards, he entered the University of Georgia, Atlanta Division, graduating with a business degree, majoring in finance. He then joined MacDougald Construction Company and participated in building the first sections of interstate highways through downtown Atlanta. During his career, he built many miles of local highways: I-75, I-85, I-20, I-285 and GA-400, as well as some substantial improvements at the Hartsfield, Charley Brown, and Peachtree Dekalb Airports. He was a past President of the Georgia Highway Contractors Association and its treasurer for more than twenty years. In 1977, he sold MacDougald Construction Company, its subsidiary Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, Donzi Lane Landfill and its share of MacDougald-Warren to its long time partner, Warren Brothers, and its new owner, Ashland Oil Company. Remaining with the new company APAC, Sam became responsible for all operations in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, as well as some special large scale bridge and subway projects in Mobile, Alabama; Alexandria, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. He retired in 1989.

Sam was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, The Piedmont Driving Club, The Capital City Club, The Commerce Club, The Racquet Club, The Society of Colonial Wars, The 300 Club of Atlanta, the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, and the international Christian philanthropic organization dating from the Middle Ages.

He is survived by his wife, Florence Ricker Inman; his younger sister, Mimi Inman Bryant; his son, Edward H. Inman, II and wife Suzanne B. Inman, their three children: Samuel Walker Inman and wife, Amanda Rogers Inman; Susanne Grantland Inman; and Emily Caroline MacDougald Inman; his deceased son (John Reeve Inman)’s wife, Lucy T. Inman, their three children: Catherine Cooper Inman, Hugh Taylor Inman, and Elizabeth Reeve Inman; step-daughter, Hallie Pottinger Henrickson and husband, Patrick Henrickson, their son, Samuel Harris Henrickson, her deceased son (Norman Sandford Pottinger)’s wife, Sandra McLaughlin Pottinger; and step-grandson, Dixon Allen, III and his wife, Nancy B. Allen. He is also survived by his friend and secretary of twenty-one years, Cheryl Pearson.

The family would like to thank Sam’s devoted caregivers: Sonia Davis, Pat Richards, and Cindy Robertson.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, the twenty-sixth of August; the interment will be held at Westview Cemetery at eleven o’clock in the morning with a memorial service held at First Presbyterian Church at two o’clock in the afternoon.

In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Atlanta History Center Swan House, the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, or the American Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem would be appreciated.

Arrangements under the direction of H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill, Atlanta, GA.