Heloyse T. Sapp age 89, passed away peacefully at her home in Amelia Island, Florida. She was born in Alma, Georgia, on July 19, 1931, to Willie Cephus (Budson) and Thelma (Dyal) Turner.  She was a 1949 graduate of Bacon County High School. She attended South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia, and received a Bachelors of Science Degree in Education from Georgia Teacher's College in Statesboro, Georgia. She also received a Masters Degree in School of Social Work from the University of Georgia. After graduation, she taught second grade for many years and was a school social worker. She served  the Bacon County School System, Southwood School, and Nassau County School System.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-four years, Leon Sapp, Jr.; an infant son Rodney; grandson Joseph Edward Rimes III (Joey); granddaughter Elizabeth Nicole Johnson (Ibby); brothers, Curtis (Curt) Turner; James L. (Monk) Turner; and Otis (Bunny) Turner; and sisters, Louise Vaughn and Joy Smith.

She is survived by her three daughters, Sondra Toth, husband (Dick); Yolanda Rimes (Landi), husband Joseph Edward Rimes, Jr. (Eddie); Dr. Medea Shuman, husband David; four grandchildren, Angel Toth Quaranta, husband John; Allyson Rimes Wisham; and Priscilla Johnson Wrobel, husband Mathew. She had five great-great grandchildren; Lauren Callahan, Jojo Callahan, Abby Wisham, Luke Wrobel, and Aiden Wrobel. She also leaves behind her two beloved sisters, Eunice Elizabeth Layton and Judi Banks.

After retirement, Mrs. Sapp enjoyed travelling the world alone or with her children and/or her grandchildren. She was an avid reader and enjoyed painting. She always commented that she had never been bored a day in her life. Her claim to fame was being cast as an extra at the age 68 in Robert Redford's film, The Legend of Bagger Vance . She enjoyed being on the set and meeting the actors Redford, Matt Damon, and Will Smith who fell in love with our grandmother. She treasured the hardcopy book of the story that was signed by the actors and given to her at Christmas that year.

She was known as the matriarch of the family after being widowed in 1974. She loved her home, her roots, but most of all her children. She had unlimited emotional resources. Those qualities surely got everyone's attention and devotion. Her natural disposition was to nurture. She did not live in fear, and her desire to give love and material things to others was motivated by her faith in God and herself.

We will be celebrating a "Life Well Lived" at Crosby Funeral Home in Alma, Georgia, on Saturday, July 17, 2021, from 6-8 pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation at 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32257 or online at www.communityhospice.com/give