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Submitted: 11/24/12 • Approved: 11/26/12 • Last Updated: 1/9/21 • R786799-G786798-S3
Virginia 12 Oct 1914 - 6 Apr 2001
*Obituary
Jones Funeral Home of Crossett
Virginia Lang Sasser, 86, widow of Ira L. Sasser, died on April 6, 2001. Born October 12, 1914, in Collins to Elmer and Maude Ross Lang, Mrs. Sasser was a member of First Baptist Church of Crossett. She retired after teaching for 31 years in Collins, Hamburg, Enon and Bellaire Academy in Arkansas and Springhill and Bastrop, LA. She was preceded in death by an infant son and two brothers, Tom Lang of Pascagoula, Miss., and Frank Lang of Fallon, Nev.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Shirley Sasser of Crossett; one sister, Mary France Jasay of Little Rock; one brother and sister-in-law, Willard D. and Gennell Lang of Summerville, S.C.; three grandchildren, Carla Sasser Christian and husband Bill of Germantown, Tenn., Scott Sasser and wife Donna of Crossett and Jason Sasser of Crossett; five great-granddaughters, Danielle, Meredith and Kaitlin Christian, and Carli and Sadie Sasser.
Grave-side funeral services were at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Collins Cemetery in Collins, with Dr. David Newberry and Rev. Randy Maxwell officiating. Pallbearers were Carey Philley, Ed Dumas, Bud Bulloch, Ted Carmichael, Jr., Bob Kizer and Bobby Owens, At 1 p.m., the family conducted a memorial service at the Collins Baptist Church. Arrangements under the direction of Jones Funeral Home of Crossett.
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