Wilma Naomi Sapp age 94 of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Saturday, January 11th, 2025 at Adair Village, Clinton, Missouri.
Naomi was born on February 6, 1930 to Rebecca Josephine Shepherd and William Clarence Farar in Richardsville County, Oklahoma. She is the youngest of 4 children, two brothers: Clyde Jackson and Herbert Eugene and one sister Millie Dean.
On December 24, 1947, Naomi married Charles E. Morgan. They have two children: Fred J. and Sharla K. on November 12, 1970, Naomi married Harold W. Sapp.
Naomi lived in Arizona until she married Harold and then moved to Clinton.
Naomi was an avid educator. While she had two young children she finished high school and went to college. At ASC (now NAU) she obtained both a Bachelor Degree and a Master’s Degree in Education. She was also a longtime active member of Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. She had a great appreciation for this sorority because it promotes academic achievement, fortifies the values of leadership, encourages community involvement and cultivates bonds of sisterhood. This she believed in so strongly.
She taught elementary school, middle school and high school over the course of her 30 year career. She taught 10 years in Flagstaff, Arizona and 20 years in Clinton, Missouri. She was greatly loved by students, parents, fellow teachers and administrators. Naomi not only taught her students, she LOVED them. She could remember their names and could tell you about each one of them. She made a difference in so many of their lives.
Naomi was also an extraordinary cook and seamstress. Not only did she have a great knowledge of cooking and canning, but an unsurpassed passion for it. She was always trying new recipes and her delicious feasts made holidays a special time to remember. She also had many of her personal recipes published in several cookbooks. With her sewing, if she could visualize it, she could sew it. Most her wardrobe was designed and sewn by her.
Once Naomi and Harold retired they lived in the home they built on Coffman Bend at the Lake of the Ozarks in the summer and resided in Cherokee Retirement Village in Mesa, Arizona in the winters. They also enjoyed RV traveling with their many friends and family. The fun stories are too numerous to relate, but they were both loved by all that knew and traveled with them.
Naomi and Harold were both members of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Clinton.
Preceding her in death is her beloved husband and best friend, Harold, their daughter, Barbara Faye Dean of Wellington, Missouri, her two brothers, Clyde Jackson Farar of Yuma, Arizona, Herbert Eugene Farar of Bakersfield, California and her sister, Millie Dean Conrad of Flagstaff, Arizona.
She is survived by 2 daughters: Sharla Kay (Richard) Porter of Overgaard, Arizona, Sandra K. (Wayne) Phillips of Stockdale, Texas, one son: Fred J. (Linda) Morgan of Flagstaff, Arizona. Naomi and Harold have 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held January 21, 2024 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, MO with Rev. David Mills officiating. Inurnment in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, MO.
Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, MO.
