Dr. Harry Bland Sanders

DR. HARRY BLAND SANDERS, a retired Memphis dentist, died May 26, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. He practiced dentistry for 50 years and operated an office in Fox Meadows on Knight Arnold Road for many years. Dr. Sanders is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marjorie Burns Sanders. She also assisted him in his dental practice until he retired. A native of Arkansas, he was born December 22, 1923 in Bearden, AR to the late Jimerson William Sanders and Nell Gray Sanders. He received his early education in Bearden, AR and graduated from Pine Bluff High School. Received a Bachelor of Science Degree in pre-med, majoring in chemistry, from Arkansas A&M College - Monticello (now University of Arkansas-Monticello). he was also a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity there. He received a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry and was a member of XI PSI PHI Fraternity. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific on the Staff of Vice Admiral Theodores Wilkinson, U.S.N. Commander, Third Amphibious Force on the U.S.S. Mt. Olympus AGC-8 Flagship. They were in Toyko Bay the morning peace was signed on the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945. He was a member of Kirby Woods Baptist Church and served as a Deacon. He was a life member of Airways Optimist Club, The American Dental Association, The Tennessee Dental Association, Memphis Dental Society, Memphis Dental League and a Mason. Dr. Sanders was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters and three brothers. Visitation will be 11 a.m.-12 noon on Wednesday, May 29 at Memphis Funeral Home on Poplar. A graveside service will follow at 12:30 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.memphisfuneralhome.net Memphis Funeral Home And Memorial Gardens 5599 Poplar Ave. (901)725-0100