Catha Sue Spell Sapp, age 70, died peacefully at home on August 11, 2016. Her final days were spent at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in the Toombs Central Community of Toombs County to the late Charles Jay Spell Jr. and Ruby Alfreda Cox Spell. Her childhood was spent on a farm enjoying her extended Spell family. She loved to quote her grandmother and say “anything worth doing is worth doing right.” She lived most of her adult life in Jonesboro, GA, except for three years in California, and returned to the Lyons area in 2007. Sue graduated from Lyons High School and received her Master degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She was last employed at the CDC in Atlanta as a researcher but retired to oversee the construction of her new home and devote her full time to Bible teaching. Sue loved the Lord and felt a calling to teach God’s word. She taught Sunday School and Precept Bible Study for 15 years at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, GA. Late in life she became interested in her family’s genealogy and spent many enjoyable hours researching her family’s past generations.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Jay Spell Jr. and Ruby Alfreda Cox Spell, a sister, Charlotte Jayne Spell Page, and a brother Charles Jay Spell III. She is survived by her husband Ronald V. Sapp; three sons, Ronald V. Sapp II and wife Natalie of McDonough, GA, Nathan Sapp, and Ryan Sapp and wife Tonia of Jackson, GA; and seven grandchildren, Jessica, Alec, Emily, Abigail, Olivia, Ryan Thomas, and Ezekiel.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at the First Baptist Church in Lyons, GA, with Reverend Irvin Pearre of Jonesboro First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until the hour of service at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at First Baptist Church of Lyons.
Stewart-Rosier Funeral Service Lyons Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements.