Decatur-Terrell County GaArchives Obituaries.....John H.  Sapp July 31 1959
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Bainbridge Post Searchlight, Bainbridge, GA August 20, 1959
Bainbridge Post Searchlight, August 20, 1959
Mr. John H. Sapp, a former resident of this city, passed away in the Cairo 
hospital on July 31st after several months illness.

Mr. Sapp came to Bainbridge when a young man in his early teens.  He owned and 
operated a grocery business for a number of years here.  He married Miss Bessie 
Dixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Dixon of this county.  Mrs. Sapp died 12 
years ago and their youngest son, Capt. William Edwin Sapp, also preceded him 5 
years ago.

They moved to Cairo a number of years ago and he was in business there until 
his health failed him.  Mr. Sapp was born in Terrell County in 1874.  He was 
the last survivor of a large family.  Mr. Sapp was a member of the First 
Methodist Church of Cairo where the last rites were held for him Sunday 
afternoon, August 2 by his pastor, Rev. Varnell.  Burial followed in Cedar 
Grove cemetery out from Climax.

The following children survive him:  a son, John Marvin Sapp, Jacksonville, 
Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Helen Clifton, Ocala, Fla., Mrs. Arthur Roberts, 
Yohama, Washington, Mrs. E. W. Wester, High Springs, Fla., Mrs. W. S. Chapman, 
Cairo, and Mrs. J. E. Ferrell, Jacksonville, Fla.; twelve grandchildren and one 
great grandchild.

The active pallbearers were his nephews.  They were Clayton Walker, Roy Jones, 
Carlton Wells, Clifford Wells, Luther Thomas, Alfred Dixon and A. D. Sapp.

Cairo business men formed an honorary escort.

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