Gary Maurice Sanders

Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 1st at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Charles Hodgkiss officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 – 11 a.m. Monday. Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6th at Snyder Cemetery in Snyder, TX.

Gary, the son of Morris D. Sanders & Gladys O. Hammit Sanders, was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Snyder, TX. He graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock and from West Texas State University in Canyon with a degree in business management. He was a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity. He worked as a retail manager and the job he most enjoyed was manager of Follette Bookstore in Abilene and Sherman. Gary was a member of the Westwood Church of Christ in Paris and volunteered at the Downtown Food Pantry. He never met a stranger and if he shook your hand he was going to talk sports. Gary was an avid bowler and won some amateur championships in Las Vegas. He was a huge follower of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Gary was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Samuel Lee Sanders.

Survivors include a brother, William “Bill” Sanders & wife Anne, a nephew & nieces, Tony Sanders & wife Jennifer and Melinda Sanders & wife Monica, great nieces & great nephews, Blake Sanders, Drew Sanders & wife Brittany, Annelise Hogan & husband Brent, Tyler Sanders & wife Klaire and Trent Bullard, and nine great great nieces & great great nephews along with a host of friends.

Honorary casket bearers will be: Blake Sanders, Drew Sanders, Brent Hogan, Tyler Sanders, and Trent Bullard.