Edgar Sasser (1927 - 1992)

Ancestors

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Edgar Sasser is buried in Blakley Cemetery.

Biography

Edgar Sasser was born on Aug 07, 1927 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA as a child of Green Berry Sasser and Marsie E. Nobles. ^[1] He died on Feb 18, 1992 (Age at Death: 64).

When he was 19, he married Ruth Sellers, daughter of Johnnie Virgil Sellers and Jewel Burnham, on Nov 23, 1946 (date on headstone).

Race: (White) He was buried in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Blakely Cemetery). ^[2]

Edgar Sasser and Ruth Sellers had the following children (names on back of headstone):

1. Opal Sasser.
2. Benny Sasser.
3. Martin Sasser.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com. Name: Edgar Sasser SSN: xxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 7 Aug 1927 Birth Place: MT Olive Cov, Mississippi Death Date: Feb 1992 Father: G B Sasser Mother: Marsie Nobles Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jul 1947: Name listed as EDGAR SASSER
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-8J8F : 13 December 2015), Edgar Sasser, 1992; Burial, Mish, Covington, Mississippi, United States of America, Blakely Cemetery; citing record ID 101386822, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Headstone
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRTM-GJH : 20 May 2014), Edgar Sasser, Feb 1992; 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-FZM : accessed 4 January 2017), Edgar Sasser in household of Green Sasser, Beat 3, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-7, sheet 2B, line 71, family 32, 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.
• "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK69-5X6P : 23 September 2015), E Sasser in entry for Opal Sasser, 1955; citing School enrollment, , Hinds, Mississippi, United States, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson.