October 8, 2022, 82, Pikeville –

Luby Guy Sasser “LG Sasser”, 82, of Pikeville went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, October 8, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, October 11, 2022, from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.  The funeral service will be held Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.  Interment will follow at Silas-Pike Cemetery on Big Daddy’s Road in Pikeville.

He was born in Wayne County on August 27, 1940. LG was a man who worked hard to provide for his family which he valued and loved so dearly, especially his wife and three sons. He worked at Cherry Hospital and retired after 30 yrs. of service in the paint department. He was a devoted Christian member of the First Baptist Church in Pikeville. He was an avid softball player and a coach for many years. He had a passion for running his rabbit dog and hunting with his buddies. He enjoyed fishing at the beach on the pier. He enjoyed working in his garden with his tractor and planting crops. LG was big on having his family and friends over for fellowship and cooking on the grill for pig pickings.

He is survived by his sons, Larry Sasser and wife, Ronda of Fremont, Lynwood Sasser and fiancée, Brenda of Pikeville and Brian Sasser and wife, Sarah of Fremont; his sisters, Barbara Sullivan and husband, Buddy of Pikeville and Helen Anderson Butts of Tarboro; grandchildren, Dustin Sasser and fiancée, Sarah Jackson of Mount Olive, Daniel Sasser and fiancée, Amber Tyndall of Pikeville, Danny Spencer and fiancée, Sarah Jane Posey of Stantonsburg, Brittany Sasser King and husband, Scott of Winston-Salem, Johnathan Sasser of Fremont and Karley Sasser Stith and husband, Andrew of Wilson; great-grandchildren, Raelynn and Marshall Sasser, Taitum and Elovie Sasser, Mason King and Haleigh, Avery and Colt Spencer.

LG was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Gale Sasser; his father, Luby Guy Sasser and wife, Lucy Amerson; his step-father, Alton Amerson; his mother, Lessie Anderson and husband, Dennis; his grandfather, Walter Sasser and wife, Lattie Sasser; his brothers, Guy Sasser and Eugene Sasser; his sister, Betty Joe Sasser and his grandson, Mike Spencer.

The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.