Willa Dean Sandlin, age 84, a former resident of Jasper, FL. passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 at Sylvia's House Hospice of Marion County.

Funeral services were held  Monday, April 21, 2014 at Jasper First Baptist Church with Rev. Roger Hutto officiating. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Jasper.

Willa Dean was born in Jasper, FL. on August 5, 1929 to the late Milton and Clyde Duncan Hitson. She was a longtime resident of Jasper and worked at the old Hamilton County Bank for many years before accepting a position teaching adult basic education with the Hamilton County School System. Willa Dean was a member of Jasper First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Mr. Jack Sandlin in 1996. Some years after Jack passed away she moved to Ocala, FL. to be closer to her son.

Survivors include her son, Robert H. Sandlin of Ocala; her granddaughter, Kaley Renee Sandlin, Huntersville, North Carolina; one brother, Milton Hitson, Jasper, FL.; four sisters, Mildred Register, Ocala, FL., Madelyn Baucom, Live Oak, FL., Betty White, Pensacola, FL. and Linda Lee of Lake City, FL..

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Marion County, 2897 SE 62 ^nd St., Ocala, FL. 34480.