Lawrence Sampson

Lawrence "Larry" Olsten Sampson (1924 - undetermined) was the owner and manager of Larry's Auto Parts in Springfield, Calasota.

He was the husband of Vera Sampson with whom he had Lawrence "Larry Jr." Sampson, Jr.; Patricia "Sledgehammer" Sampson; Morgan Sampson (known as Jack Hoffer), and Yvette Sampson.

Larry was proud of winning the auto parts business in a card game; his wife was not so proud. (The truth of the story is debated, but the business features an Ace of Hearts on its sign.) He sang bass in the church choir at First Centric Church of Springfield.

He was proud of his son Larry Jr., a worker at the parts store whom he planned to inherit the business, and proud but worried about his youngest daughter Yvette being away from home with "her folk group" (Strawberry Sunday). He was not at all happy with daughter Patricia and son Morgan forming Plutonium Sledgehammer of which he said "those kids make nothing but noise and trouble."