- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1928
- Date Of Death: January 7, 2011
- State: Georgia
Reverend Harper Jerome Sasser, 82, Ft. Oglethorpe, died, January 7, 2011 surrounded by his family. A native of Durham, North Carolina, he was the son of Frank Matthew and Arita Harper Sasser. He grew up in Raleigh and Fayetteville, North Carolina. Harper was a veteran of the US Marine Corp. He attended Davidson College, North Carolina, and was a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. He also received a Divinity Degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and pursued additional studies in counseling at UTC.