Samuel (Sam)
Briggs Ashford
(1932–2021)
Ashford was born in Scotland Neck NC and was a pilot in the US Air Force. He completed his primary flying training for the Air Force at Marana Air Force Base, now Pinal Air Park. He graduated from the NCSU School of Design in 1964 and worked for Carter Williams, DMJM in Washington DC, and then in partnership with Truman Newberry. Newberry left in 1978, and Ashford continued in practice as Ashford Architecture. An active sculptor and photographer, he owned a gallery in Arlington Heights IL and eventually moved to Cincinnati OH.