Samuel Wylie

Samuel “Plukie” Wylie was born in Beckley, West Virginia to Samuel and Beulah Dailey Wylie, August 20, 1941. On Saturday, October 8, 2016, Sam transcended from his earthly home to his heavenly home surrounded by his wife and family. Plukie had three brothers, John (Ed) Barksdale, D’Austin Wylie and William (Billy Ray) Wylie who are deceased. He attended elementary school in Beckley, West Virginia before moving to Milford, Delaware after his father was killed in the coal mines. Then he attended Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Milford and William Henry High School, Dover, Delaware. Plukie started attending Mt. Enon Baptist Church September, 1955. He and Rev. Jean were also married at Mt. Enon Baptist Church in 1970. He enjoyed attending Sunday School. Upon graduation from high school he attended Delaware State College which is now Delaware State University and majored in Elementary Education. His first teaching job was in Millsboro, Delaware. After teaching one year in Millsboro, he went to the Woodbridge School District and became the First Black Teacher in the Greenwood School. During his forty-four years in this district, he was a social studies teacher, a math teacher, reading teacher a counselor, acting assistant principal, disciplinarian, basketball coach and visiting teacher. He impacted many lives during his years of service. Sam “Plukie” was the first black umpire in the Lower Delaware Baseball-Softball Association, the first black coach in the old Henlopen Conference, the first black president of the Lower Delaware Baseball-Softball Association, the first black member of Board 129 International Association of Approved Basketball Officials for Kent and Sussex County, and the first black president of I.A.A.B.O Board 129. His activities continued thirty years as State Coordinator and chaperone of Hershey Track and Field, a member of the Delaware State High School Track and Field Committee, and a member of the DIAA Sportsmanship Committee. In 2008, Sam (Plukie) received the Gary McQuaid Award which is the highest honor given by Hershey Track and Field Youth Program. In 2012, he was elected into the Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame. He was very proud of all his accomplishments during his lifetime. He leaves to mourn his wife of 46 years, Rev. Jean Ann Wylie and their nephew William whom they raised, sister-in-law Darlene Wylie, Los Angeles, California, sister-in law, Diane Little, Dover, DE, sister -in-law and husband, Phyllis and Bruce Hayes of Dover, DE, sister-in-law and brother- in- law, Linda and Gregory Showell, Milford, DE, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Olden and Dorothy Waples, Felton, DE, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and Vernetta Waples, Seaford, DE, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, David and Annie Melvin, Felton, DE, and brother-in-law John Waples, Ellendale, DE. He also leaves to mourn Mrs. Hazel Dooms of Beckley, West, Virginia, who was a second mother to him, close friends Josephus Clark and Joyce Clark, New Castle, DE, and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, family, friends, the Penn Relay gang, the Track and Field group, and the Delaware State, Wesley football group. His favorite Scripture is Psalm 37:" Fret not thyself because of evil doers; neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity." To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Samuel Wylie, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Samuel Wylie

August 20, 1941 - October 8, 2016