Augusta, GA --- Mr. Samuel Melvin Pugh of Rutherford Avenue entered into rest on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Select Special Hospital. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Thomas Walker officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olive Memorial Garden. Survivors are his wife, Evelyn Pugh; daughters, Vida Pugh, LaDonna Harris, Augusta; son, Eric J. Pugh, Augusta; sisters, Julia M. Porter, Suitland, MD, Sylvia (Gary) Thurman, Atlanta; brothers, Charlie L. Pugh, Augusta, Marvin (Ethel) Pugh, Atlanta; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Williams Funeral Home, 2945 Old Tobacco Rd. Hephzibah, GA