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Stanton Leroy
Sapp
Jun 17, 1933 — Aug 9, 2020
Jacksonville
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Stanton Leroy Sapp, 87, passed away in the early hours of August 9, 2020. He was born June 17, 1933 in Saint Petersburg, Florida in an old red house to the late Edwin Sapp and Selma (Letzring) Sapp.
Stan graduated from Vilonia High School in 1951, enlisted in the Army in October of 1951, and married his high-school sweetheart, Shirley (Gunter) Sapp, in 1952.
He retired from the military after 21 years (1951-1972), serving as military intelligence in both Korea and Vietnam, and was the recipient of two Bronze Stars. After the military, he then worked for Stone Container, from which he retired from in 1991. He then began his final career as a handyman shortly after and never retired again.
Stan's many other accomplishments included hand-building a cabin in Greer's Ferry with his wife, Shirley, where he hosted a yearly get-together known as "The Pig Roast" for over twenty years; learning five languages, six if you include profanity; and running a small property empire in Jacksonville, AR.
Stan was also preceded in death by his siblings, Melvin Letzring, Paul Sapp, Garvin Sapp, Lowell Sapp, and Carlynn Joseph. He is survived by his wife of sixty-eight years, Shirley Sapp; his siblings, Elwin "Skip" (Carol) Sapp, Emma Lou (Paul) McLaughlin; his children, Michael (Jackie) Sapp, Linda (Robert) Ulrich, Sandra (Joseph) Cameron; his grandchildren, Eric Ulrich, Sean (Rebecca) Ulrich, Chris Sapp, Mark (Mary) Sapp, David Sapp, Robert (Camille Wood) Bennett, Matt (Stephanie) Sapp, Caitlin Cameron, Cole Cameron; and great-grandchildren Alaina Ulrich, Isabella Ulrich, Zain Ulrich, Arianna Ulrich, Elijah Ulrich, Mařenka "Minie" Sapp, Marek Sapp, Mikolaj Sapp. He also leaves behind many treasured friends and enemies, including six foreign nations that still consider him an enemy combatant to this day.
Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 12, 2020 also at the funeral home. Interment will follow Rest Hills Cemetery. Masks are required. Arrangements by Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home, 501-982-2136.
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