December 15, 2023, 93, Mount Olive — The Rev. Blanche Elizabeth Sasser Pollard passed away peacefully on Friday, December 15, 2023. Blanche, known to many as “Aunt Blanche,” was born in Mount  Olive, NC on March 24, 1930, to Reverend Richard Joseph and Sally Lewis Sasser.  She was the third of five children, an older…… read more »