Jessie Lee Sappington

Services for Jessie Lee Sappington, 82, of Gilmer, will be 4:00 P. M., Monday, December 16, 2013, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Rev. Marion Palmer Officiating. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday December 17, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at South Park Cemetery in Pearland. Mrs. Sappington passed away on Friday December 13, 2013 in Gilmer. She was born on February 20, 1931 in Collin County Texas to Bennie and Mattie Lou Horn Tillison. Jessie was a Pastor"s wife and a missionary to the Philippines. She and her late husband Rev. Richard Lee Sappington devoted much of their life to missionary work in the Philippines until his death in 1982 in the Philippines. Mrs. Sappington was also a receptionist at Union Baptist Association in Houston, International Crusades in Dallas, and at Buckner Benevolences in Dallas. She worked also as a file clerk at republic National Bank and later as a widow went back to the Philippines as a Southern Baptist Missionary on the Island of Mindanao. Jessie is survived by her son, Felton Lee Sappington and his wife Donna of Gilmer; daughters, Judy Lynn Syler and her husband Bryan of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Lawana Wynette Sharp and her husband Dennis of Pearland, Texas; 7 Grandchildren and spouses: Felisha and Shayne Wilson, Brandon and Carol Syler, Taleen and Joe Flinn, Richard and Kaylyn Sharp, Brandy and Brad Bardsley, Greg and Kristin Sharp, Derek Sharp; and 14 Great Grandchildren and two Great Grandchildren In-Love. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 15, 2013, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Mission: Dignity, Guidestone Financial Resources SBC, 2401 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, Texas 75201