Sanford was a member of Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church and was retired from Dupont and the United States Army. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 159 in Hixson, Tennessee, and the American Legion Post 136 in Lindale, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley White, his son Daniel White, his parents Francis and Grace White, his sister Frances Evelyn White, and his two brothers Byron and Stanley White.
Survivors include his daughter Sonja White of Dallas, Texas, his stepsons Donald (Skip) L. Martin, Jr. of Rome, Georgia, Robert Martin of Port Orange, Florida, and Lance Martin of Jackson, Tennessee, along with several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Sanford White was ninety-one years old.
Funeral services will be 2:00 Thursday, September 23 at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12-2 Thursday.
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