Sasha Gabrielle Bentley, Born Sasha Gabrielle McCroskey on June 6th, 1987, in Launstul, Germany. She was 4 months premature and her lungs were not fully developed. The first 3 months of her life, she spend in the hospital and we were praying she would live. At 18 months of age she developed Bacterial Spinal Meningitus and spent another 1 month in the hospital fighting to survive. Sasha grew up the first 4 years of her life in Germany and had Double citizenship as American and German because of her birth in a German Hospital. She was the type of person, who did not know a stranger even when she was little. She would go up to anyone and start talking to them like she had known them her entire life. I always worried about her for this reason and kept a close eye on her. I did not discourage this though because I thought it would help her later in life. As she grew older she attended Mary Blount Elementary School and Porter Elementary, She was always a fast learner and always got excellent grades. Sasha always seemed to get along with her teachers and peers alike. She would study much of the time without being told to do so. She attended Eagleton Middle School and continued to get the good grades. She attened Union County High School, where her knowledge increased and she excelled at anything she put her mind to do. She Graduated and joined the work force taking a job to support her wants and needs. Sasha was loved by many people and would smile no matter whether she was sick, happy, or mad. Sasha would seem to be happy all the time. She could enter a room where you were and even if you were in a bad mood yourself, she would cheer you up and make you laugh. She just had the ability to make any situation seem funny and cheerful. Sasha was my shining light and would always brighten my day when I saw or spoke to her. The world is going to seem a little darker and my life will be a little sadder without her in it. My youngest of three children, she will always be in my heart and to think of her will bring joy to my heart. She would call me to just say Dad I love you and please be careful at work tonight. Sasha worried about me on my job as a Deputy sheriff but she knew I liked the job because I could help people. Sasha's brother, David, is really missing her too, but he knows she is not suffering because she is with God. He would cut up with her and her with him. They are both practical jokers and would mess with each other constantly. They both loved each other tremendously and he is taking her lose very hard. Sasha, David wants you to know he will always love and miss you very much. You are always in his thoughts. Sasha's sister, Brittany and her were also very close, they would tell each other everything. Brittany as Sasha put it to me one day is her best friend as well as her sister. Sasha and Brittany would talk for hours on end sometimes and would also fight with each other. They would makeup the next day though because one or the other would want to tell something. Sasha, Brittany says she misses your talks and Loves you always and forever. Sasha and her stepmother Kim would talk about almost anything and got along as sisters. Kim is missing her deeply as we all are, Sasha was a joy to be around always raised her spirits. The love kim has for her can never be replaced. Sasha from daddy, there is a hole in heart that will never be filled because you are not here to fill it. I can't discribe the lose I feel without you here. I just want you to know I love you now and forever my little child and no one or nothing can replace you. You will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do. DADDY In October 2007 Sasha and Jimmy were married, The hardest thing I ever did except for her death was to give my baby girls hand in marriage but it was also one of the proudest moments in my life. Jimmy and Sasha were an excellent couple and I know he loved and still loves her very much. Jimmy was good for her and she was good for him. They both did a lot of growing up when they got married. They were each others soulmates as Sasha put it. Jimmy wrote a Letter to her best describes it: I am full of hurt, pain and sorrow. God took my best friend from me. My angel no longer dwells on earth. She now soars high in the clouds as an eagle of God. She is now my guardian Angel. watching over my every breathe and move on this earth. Till I see her on that Golden Shore; where as a whole once again; a spiritual family, We shall live forever more. Gone but not forgotten. In all our hearts you live always carrying that beautiful smile. Love Your best friend and mate.
Sasha Gabrielle Bentley, age 21, was taken away from us suddenly, July 9. 2008, due to a rare illness. She is dearly loved and missed by her husband, James "Jimmy" Bentley; her father and stepmother, David and Kimberly McCroskey; her mother and stepfather, MaryAnne andMike Kimbriel; brother, David McCroskey, Jr. and family; sister, Brittany Burton and family; mother-in-law, Janet Smith and family; grandmothers, Carolyn Murrell, Irene Murrell, and Kathryn Vance; also Aunt Amy and Tom Collins and family; Aunt Cindy Gail Whitehead; uncles Mark, Arthur, and Buddy Vance and families; as well as step-sisters Uma and Chandra Pippens, Brooke Mancini, Blair Kimbriel, Heaven Britt-Kimbriel, and step-brother Malaki Britt-Kimbriel. May she always and forever be free of pain, and rest in the hands of God. The family will receive friends in the Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel, 6-8 pm Sun. Funeral service, officiated by Rev. Junior Arwood will follow at 8pm. Family and friends will meet at Asbury Cemetery Monday, for 11 am graveside services. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made through Knoxville Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union, to Sasha Bentley Memorial Fund, c/o David McCroskey, 501 E. Summit Hill Dr., Knoxville, TN 37915. Arrangements entrusted to Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel of Berry Funeral Home, 2300 W. Adair Dr. 865-689-8888. www.lynnhurstchapel.com Mrs Sasha Gabrielle Bentley Born: June 27, 1987 Died: July 9, 2008 Memorialized by: Lynnhurst - Greenwood Chapel of Berry Funeral Home, Knoxville, TN
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