Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mount Olive for Doris Farnham Knight Sasser, 77 of Collins, who passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019 at her residence.

Reverend John Barnes will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery in Collins.  Special music will be provided by Mr. Truitt Barnard.  Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mount Olive will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mount Olive.

Pallbearers will be family members and friends.

Mrs. Sasser was born on April 6, 1942 in Collins, Mississippi.  She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.  Mrs. Sasser retired as a seamstress after twenty years of service.  She was a member of the Oak Grave Baptist Church and Shiloh Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Chisolm and Annie Barnard Farnham; her husband, Willie Paul Knight; one son, Steve Knight; one sister, Emma Jane Gulledge; and one brother, J.C. Farnham.

Survivors include her husband of twenty eight years, Vernon Sasser of Collins; two daughters, Shelia Knight of Collins, and Tammy Phillips, and her husband, Gary of Mount Olive; one step daughter, Pam Sasser of Flowood; three grandchildren, Jessa Thornton (Josh) of Collins, Julie Rayburn (Chris) of Gulfport, and Jason Benton of New Roads, Louisiana; five great-grandchildren, Shannan Benton, Ellijah Benton, Hollin Thornton, Wilder Thornton, and Zoey Benton; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other family members.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com