SAM SAX
1942 – 2004
July 7, 2004
Sam Sax, 62, of Memphis died in his Pensacola home July 1, 2004.
He was a published, award winning, critically acclaimed poet, having published Teardrops In Sand, Past Unforgiving Midnight and the Silence Between. 
All available at bookstores, libraries throughout the U. S.
He leaves 4 beloved daughters, Srae, Shi Amber Feliciano, Tera Gwen Dickerson and Tris Kelli Hnedak; 
one beloved son, Sam (Jack) Sax, III, a retired special forces Bronze Star recipient; 
a brother, Thomas McDaniel, atty., his best friend. He leaves 9 grandchildren with one on the way. 
Two kindred spirits, Dr. John Riddle and Britt Abbott, and a circle of friends unsurpassed by tellurian standards.
He loved fishing and sailing his SS Asylum. 
Throughout his life he was a professional bull rider, a narcotics and homicide detective and a successful entrepreneur.
The family requests all memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
-The Pensacola News Journal & The Memphis Commercial Appeal
July 7, 2004