Sarah A. Millsap

We invite you to join us in the Celebration of Life Service Saturday, August 12th. The family will be receiving visitors at 11:00 at Roswell Funeral Home. Memorial service at 11:30 with Dr. Don Martin of Alpharetta First United Methodist Church officiating. Immediately following the service until 3:00 will be a Celebration of Life. Please bring any photo’s, notes, or memories you would like to share.

Sarah was born in Sullivan, Indiana on October 16th, 1933 and was the child of the late Geneva Pearl (Snyder) and Floyd Willis. She graduated from Sullivan High School and continued to receive a Teaching Degree from Indiana State University.

Sarah was married to Roy V. Millsap on August 8th, 1991; they were married for 25 years.

Sarah worked as a first-grade school teacher in Indianapolis from 1955 to 1960. After which time she focused on being a loving Mother to her children Jeff and Jennifer. After moving to Atlanta she worked for Charlie Castleberry’s Appliances in Chamblee and Bartlett Systems in Dunwoody, where she met Roy through his cousin, Frank Bartlett. She enjoyed everything about life. She and Roy split their time between Roswell and the Farm in Villanow, Georgia where they raised certified Black Angus Cattle. Sarah loved to entertain friends and family and did it with such flair!

Her life interests included traveling, shopping, meeting people (Sarah never met a stranger), decorating and restoration, crafts of all kinds, entertaining, having lunch, playing bridge and talking on the phone. Yes, Sarah loved to talk!

She was actively involved in P.E.O for 50 years. P.E.O. is a Philanthropic Educational Organization for the benefit of women’s education. She loved her P.E.O. sisters across the country and hosted a bed and breakfast in their home to raise money for Chapter AW. She was also the President of the Indiana State AOPi Alumni Association, and was involved in her various church homes.

Sarah is survived by her husband, Roy V. Millsap of Alpharetta, GA, her son Jeffrey W. Hiatt (Tammy) of Montevallo, AL, her daughter Jennifer Hiatt Strauss (Frank), her step-daughter Janice Millsap Church (Al), her grandchildren Ken Motter (Dawn), Whitney Wright, Robbie Wright, Lauren Smithers and Samantha Specht, great-grandchildren Emma and Luke Motter, the father of her children, Donald G. Hiatt and other family members and friends.

Sarah was preceded in death by her step-daughter Donna Millsap Motter.

Memorial donations may be made in her name to the American Heart Association, P.E.O. International or the Alzheimer’s Foundation. The family of Sarah Ann Willis Millsap wishes to thank Dr. Rolf Meinhold, Dr. John Attokaren, the Surgical Team at North Fulton Hospital and Season’s Hospice and Palliative Care in Cumming for the care and compassion they provided.