Sad News, A Sailor Died Today. Our Brother Stretch Has Passed Away

[Tbird]

Sad news, a sailor died today. Our brother Stretch has passed away. The details will follow. Stretch has been on hadit.com so long even I don't remember when he joined, before 2005 that's for sure.

Stretch so believed in our mission that he dedicated endless hours of his own time reading the forum and answering questions where he could. He also volunteered and was the sole technical expert for our podcast and he volunteered his time freely because of him we have archives of the podcasts back to 2010.

[Jerrel]

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Michael Lawrence Sasser, May 8, 1949~July 2, 2015

Michael Lawrence Sasser, 66, of Elkins died July 2, 2015 in Elkins. He was born May 8, 1949 in Compton, CA. to Aubrey and Etta Jo Stroud Sasser.

He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era. Michael celebrated forty years of sobriety. He was a machinist and enjoyed working with computers and helping others.

He is survived by his wife, Christine Trenholm Sasser; one son, Mark Sasser of Elkins; one daughter, Michelle Sasser of Elkins; two brothers, Phil Sasser of Elkins and Bobby Sasser of California; one sister, Jan Dinoff of California; a half-brother, Joey Johnson of Tennessee; and three grandchildren, Laken, Mason and Brynn.

A memorial service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Fayetteville National Cemetery.

Cremation arrangements by Beard’s Chapel.

Thanks to Berta..

[Buck52]

Thanks Jerrel & Ms Berta

I think it would be a nice gesture for most of the Hadit Elder Members to post their condolences to Mikes Family the members that new him best before he got so down with his Illness.

As A Hadit member I only Knew him as stretch, but on behalf of all Hadit.Com members and Veterans Stretch will be surely Missed And his Family has all of our Heartfelt Condolences & Prayers

May God Bless Our fellow Veteran & Super Friend Mike L Sasser ( AKA Stretch)

....................Buck

[Berta]

I posted a condolence message there minutes after I posted the obit link here.yesterday

It still shows no messages at the web site for Mike's family .

Who else here has posted a condolence there ?

I could call the funeral home if others didn't have their message to Chris and the family show up.

I mentioned some of the many things Mike has done for us here and how he get kept us on the year with years of broadcasts through SVR and the hadit Blog show. Added a funny brief hadit post he made too, for the Christmas show we did in 2007,.

Personally I think veterans should prepare their obits in their lifetimes.

and list every award they received from their service in them.

[Tbird]

Michael "Stretch" Sasser May 8, 1949 - July 2, 2015

A memorial service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Fayetteville National Cemetery.

I just posted on the obit page and it seemed to take.

[carlie]

Thanks to all for the updates.

Im sorry, but all I can keep thinking and feeling is damnit !

Just Damnit all the way to hell and back and I sure hope his family

can get the FULL benefits both he and they have earned.

I just re-read over lots of the emails and messages Stretch and I sent one another,

and am cursing myself more because I missed his last phone call to me.....

DAMNIT !!!!!!!!!

Is it possible to post a link to some of his guitar playing ?

[jbasser]

It's on some of the older SVR shows where he plays intro music,

I think we can find some but we have done a whole lot of shows.

John