MR. JESSE P. SASSER III WAS BORN IN

CLEWISTON FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER

4,1968, TO THE PROUD PARENTS, JESSE P.

SASSER JR. AND GWENDOLYN JOHNSON

SASSER (PRECEEDED HIM IN DEATH). HE

WAS THE FIRST OF THREE CHILDREN BORN

TO THIS UNION.

FROM HIS BIRTH UP TO THE AGE OF 9, HE

WAS REARED IN CLEWISTON FL AKA

HARLEM USA (THE SWEETEST TOWN

ACROSS THE TRACKS).

IN 1977 THE FAMILY MOVED TO MIAMI.JESSE

ATTENDED BROADMORE ELEMENTARY,

WEST LITTLE RIVER ELEMENTARY,

MADISON JUNIOR HIGH AND MIAMI CENTRAL

SENIOR HIGH

SCHOOL.

HE WAS EMPLOYED AT VARIOUS

COMPANIES INCLUDING BURDINES

DEPARTMENT STORES, MIAMI BEACH

HOTEL AND CONDO ASSOCIATION, PRO

PLAYER STADIUM HOSPITALITY SERVICES.

JESSE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF NEW

JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH; HE ATTEND

WORSHIP SERVICES AS HIS HEALTH

PERMITTED.

ON JUNE 28, 2026, SURROUNDED BY HIS

FAMILY, MR. JESSE P. SASSER III THE LEAN

STATURED, DEEP BARITONED VOICE, MAN

OF FEW WORDS, AND THE GREATEST

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FAN DEPARTED

FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN FOR REST.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: HIS

FATHER JESSE P. SASSER JR., (WILLENE),

DAUGHTER GWENISHA WITHERS,

GRANDAUGHTER’S NE’VAEH SHAW AND

KELISS

JOHNSON.

THE ONE AND ONLY FOREVER WIFE

LATASHA BLUE.

BROTHERS KENNETH L. SASSER,

TERRENCE SASSER

NIECES TERANISHA SASSER, SUMMIA

LITTLE, TRACI SASSER AND KENNEDY

SASSER

NEPHEWS KENNETH SASSER, KENON

SASSER

AUNTS BETTYE SASSER ISOM (LATE)

BERTHA GERMANY, EVELYN COLEMAN

(LATE) CONNIE JOHNSON AND MARSHA

SASSER

UNCLES KENNETH L. SASSER, ANDRE

SASSER, ROBERT JOHNSON, (LATE) AND

TYRONE SASSER (LATE) AND A HOST OF

COUSINS AND OTHER SORROWING

RELATIVES AND MANY DEVOTED FRIENDS.

PALLBEARERS

KENNETH SASSER

RICHARD JOHNSON

WILLIE BELVIN JR.