Leff Sasser Sr. (1906 - 1979)

Born 9 Oct 1906 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Mar 1979 at age 72 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States

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Leff Sasser Sr. is buried in Shiloh Cemetery.

Biography

Leff Sasser Sr. was born on Oct 09, 1906 in Mississippi, USA as the second child of James William Sasser and Helen Harvey. He had five siblings, namely: Roy William, Sadie Lee, Kirby, Marie, and Helen Virginia.

He died on Mar 16, 1979 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Covington County Hospital; Age at Death: 72).

Leff Sasser Sr. lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Rural, Covington, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)

He was buried in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Shiloh Cemetery). ^[1]

Leff Sasser Sr. and Etta V. Eubanks had the following children:

1. Leff Sasser Jr. was born on Apr 11, 1935 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 06, 1954 (Age at Death: 19).
2. Bobby Fay Sasser was born on Feb 27, 1940. She died on Mar 01, 1940 (Age at Death: 2 days).
3. Judy Sasser.

Obituary

Laurel Leader-Call, Saturday, March 17, 1979, p. 2

LEFF SASSER

Leff Sasser, 72, Mt. Olive, died Friday at the Covington County Hospital.

The funeral service was at 2 p.m. today at the Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Collins. Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Tettad (sic) Eubanks Sasser; one daughter, Mrs. Judy Bishop, Mt. Olive; three sisters, Mrs. Lee Sadie Clark and Mrs. Virgil Parish, both of Laurel and Mrs. Marie Dickens, Pascagoula; one brother, Kirby Sasser, Mt. Olive; and one grandson.

Jones Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLH-5956 : 13 December 2015), Leff Sasser, 1979; Burial, Smith, Covington, Mississippi, United States of America, Shiloh Cemetery; citing record ID 93616594, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call, Saturday, March 17, 1979, p. 2

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• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYGP-H2W : 20 May 2014), Leff Sasser, Mar 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGH-FWZ : accessed 25 February 2017), Leff Sasser, Beat 3, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-9, sheet 2B, line 57, family 42, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2019.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRP-YMY : accessed 25 February 2017), Leff Sasser in household of James W Sasser, Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 7, sheet 18A, line 43, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 872; FHL microfilm 1,820,872.