Sally Louette Sims Manders, age 68 of Statham, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017. She was a member of Midway Christian Church. Sally was a member of The Red Hatters and a past member of The East Georgia Genealogy Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. Manders, Jr. and her parents, Bill and Leona Long Sims and a sister, Reba Palmer. Sally is survived by a daughter, Tammy McDonough (Bryan) of Alpharetta; two sons, Richard and Cowboy Manders both of Statham; a brother, Wendell Sims (Lynn) of Watkinsville; two sisters, Pat Porter of Hartwell and Nancy Faulkner of Statham and two grandsons, Brady and Mason McDonough. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8:30PM Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, GA. A memorial service will be held at 2PM Thursday, November 16, 2017 in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Rev. John Burchfield officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital at www.stjude.org or the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarrior.org.
