BETHESDA, MD – Samuel Wallace James, 81, of Bethesda, MD, a native of Ahoskie, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Goshen United Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, MD. Burial will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, April 25 at the Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Ahoskie.