Gloria Crump Sasser

Gloria Crump Sasser

Mrs. Gloria Crump Sasser, age 72, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.

Mrs. Sasser was born in Forrest, Illinois, on Wednesday, March 17, 1937, a daughter of the late Hersel Crump and the late Alethia Saxton Crump.  Mrs. Sasser moved to Blairsville from Sarasota, Florida in 1986.  She attended New Union Baptist Church.  Gloria loved camping and  fly fishing;  and she enjoyed sewing and was very good at it.  Gloria was also an avid reader.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Patterson.

Surviving family members include her husband, James “Jim” Sasser, of Blairsville; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Darryl Watson of Port Charlotte, Florida; and daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Bob Palmer, of Orlando, Florida;  Step-Son, Dennis Sasser, and his wife, Beth, of Ft. Green, Florida; Step-son, Henry Sasser, of Bradenton, Florida; sister, Lois Stewart, of San Diego, California; and a brother, James Crump, of Le canto, Florida; granddaughters: Tammy Whidden and Nikki Palmer; grandson, David Palmer; step-granddaughter, Randi Sasser; and step-grandsons, Anthony Sasser and Jimmy Sasser.

Funeral services were held  Friday, March 5, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., at New Union Baptist Church, with Rev. Harrison Bradley and Mrs. Sasser was eulogized by Dennis Sasser.  Mrs. Sasser was instate at the church starting at 1:30 on Friday, prior to the funeral service. Special music was presented by New Union Baptist Church Choir, Dennis Abbott, Charles Abbott, and Lita Gowder.  Burial took place in the church cemetery.   Visitation at the funeral home was held on Thursday evening, March 4, 2010, from 7 until 9 p.m.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home – Blairsville Chapel.  Please send condolences and sign the guest registry at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.