Master Sergeant Samuel Dayton Kline, age 50, passed away February 1, 2025. He was a 1993 graduate of George County High School. He proudly served over 20 years dedicated to the United States Marine Corps. He served 13 deployments, 9-combats and recently served with the 1st Recon, and from the year 2011 until retirement in 2013 he served in Seal Team 6, putting him in a select group of Marines to ever become a Navy Seal. “I go so you don’t have to. I go so you can go to a Braves game or play for your team without fear of an incoming bomb or rocket heading towards you. I love this country, and I go because I want America to always be free.”

After retiring from the military, he continued service through work at the Sheriff’s Department and pursuing a degree in criminal justice at the University of South Alabama.      

He is preceded in death by his mother, Donna Kline, maternal grandparents, JK and Ruth Box; paternal grandparents, Gordon and Lula Kline. 

Those left to cherish his memory include his son, Hunter Kline; father, Sam Kline; brother, Tommy (Frances) Kline; nephews, Jordan Kline, and Braden (Shelby) Kline; great nephew, Cason Kline; life-long friends and special cousins, Alison Dunn, and Connie Hill; numerous cousins, other relatives and friends.        

The Visitation will be Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Moments Funeral Home. The Funeral Service will begin at 2:00 PM in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Stephen Crigler and Bro. Steve Housley officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery with military honors. 

Moments Funeral Home, locally owned and operated, is honored to be in charge of arrangements.