Visitation will be held 12:00-1:00pm, Friday, February 14, 2014 at Skyway Hills Baptist Church, Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 1:00pm in the church sanctuary with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Sanders was born Tuesday, August 19, 1919 in Pachuta, a son of the late Joseph M. Sanders and Ida Marie Nichols Sanders.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. and a member of the Brandon Baptist Church. He was a retired truck driver for the Teamsters Union.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Erna W. Sanders, brother, J.M. Sanders, and sisters, Ola Killian, Mildred Fitzgerald and Joyce Tatum.
Survivors include his sister, Farris Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Brandon Baptist Church, 100 Brandon Baptist Dr., Brandon, MS 39042.