Robert was born on March 27, 1952, to Robert L. Sangster, Sr. and Bobbie Ruth Young Sangster in Anderson, SC. After Robert graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Auburn, Washington in 1970, he went on to study accounting at Clemson University and the University of West Georgia. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988.
Robert moved to Habersham County in 1988 where he was a CMA at Ethicon and Associate Pastor at Antioch Baptist Church. He was also Pastor at Providence Baptist Church and Foothills Community Church. In 2015, Robert and Mary retired and spent several years traveling full-time in their RV.
Robert was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Sangster, Sr., mother, Bobbie Ruth Young Sangster, and stepmother Grace Sangster.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Mary Bennett Sangster; daughters Michelle (Sunny) and Jennifer; and son and daughter-in-law Todd and Lisa. He is also survived by his granddaughters, Reagan and Kennedi Sangster and Hannah Nelson, sisters Sonya Pitts and Yvonne Sangster, as well as several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the hospice of your choice or Paradise Mountain Ministry, Toccoa, Georgia.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel at 245 Central Avenue, Demorest, Georgia 30535. Telephone: 706-778-1700
