Samuel Breeland Obituary – Florida Times-Union

Samuel Glover Breeland, 95, handed peacefully on June 13 because of issues from coronary heart failure. Sam was born in Batesburg, S.C in 1926 and spent his first 5 years in close by Wagener. Because the son of a railroad dispatcher, the “little boy from Wagener”, as he typically referred to himself, held many fond reminiscences of the liberty and journey of hopping from city to city by practice. He additionally cherished the varied actions offered by the First Baptist Chruch and the Boy Scouts, each of which established ideas and expertise that would show to be highly effective influences all through life. Every thing modified drastically a a results of the Nice Melancholy, nevertheless, and he was challenged with the consequences of utmost poverty and hardship all through the rest of his youth. He however excelled at each enterprise. Highschool soccer stardom in Aiken, S.C. earned him a scholarship to the Citadel, however when the soccer program was reduce because of battle, he joined the U.S. Military and served as a jail guard from 1944-1946 . After the battle, he continued his schooling; incomes a B.S. in Zoology on the College of Georgia, a M.S. in Entomology from N.C. State, and a Ph.D in Entomology and Zoology from the College of Tennessee. Whereas at N.C. State, he met and married the love of his life, Sara. Collectively they have been a outstanding workforce for 70 years. His profession as a Medical Entomologist took them all over the world, starting with the Canal Zone Well being Bureau. The beginning of a brand new profession and the beginning of their daughter made this a very particular interval for Sam and Sara. After returning to the U.S., Sam held positions as a Analysis Biologist at TVA, Professor and Head of the Division of Biology at Hardon-Simmons College, Analysis Entomologist for the Heart for Illness Management on the Central America Malaria Analysis Station in El Salvador, and as Chief of the Medical Entomology Department in Atlanta. Throughout his tenure at CDC, he additionally served as a marketing consultant and participant for encephalitis management in Equador, Central America, and USA and for dengue fever management all through the Caribbean. He was an energetic participant in quite a few nationwide and worldwide committees, seminars, workshops, and symposia. In 1975 he served as Chairman, Part D of the Entomological Society of America. He relocated to Florida and continued his work as a Analysis Entomologist with the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory and with the Mosquito Management Part of the Florida Division of Well being and Rehabilitative Providers (HRS). He additionally offered consulting providers to USAID and PAHO for initiatives in Honduras, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Equador, and Sri Lanka and to numerous universities and regional well being departments earlier than retiring from the sector within the late Eighties. His analysis is documented (S.G. Breeland) in over 70 revealed scientific papers, and he’s cited in American Males and Ladies of Science and Who’s Who in American Training. In retirement, he utilized his ardour for writing to finish varied private initiatives together with “From Eden to Bethlehem”, a guide primarily based on his notes from an intensive seven-year Bible examine. Journey, golf, faculty soccer, miniature woodwork , health actions, and cut price searching at Solomon Ventures have been additionally free-time favorites. He cherished to share a smile (and normally a narrative or two) wherever he went and was a supply of pleasure for all alongside his path. He shall be laid to relaxation at a personal ceremony on the Nationwide Cemetary in Jacksonville, FL. In lieu of a memorial gathering, family and friends are inspired to share any particular reminiscences, needs, and ideas on-line at dignitymemorial.com in celebration of a life fantastically lived. Preparations are beneath the care and path of HARDAGE-GIDDENS FUNERAL HOME OF MANDARIN, 11801 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32223. www.hgmandarin.com (904) 288-0025.