Sarah Annette Sanders
July 28, 1934 - April 4, 2017
Services for Ms. Sanders will be held Saturday, April 8, 2017 2:00 PM at Williams & Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood, MS.
Ms. Sanders, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Baptist Hospital in Conway, AR. She was born on July 28, 1934 in Grenada County, MS, to the late Rufus and Annie Anderson Blakely and lived in the Coffeeville area for most of her life. She was of the Baptist faith. She loved spending time with her family. She worked for Baldwin Piano Company in Greenwood for over 30 years. She was a joy to be around and loved her family very much. She will be dearly missed. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Oscar Halbert Sanders; brothers, Herbert and LD Blakely; sister, Bertha Inmann; and a son-in-law, Ronald Cresswell.
She is survived by three daughters, Pam Redwine of Sidon, MS, Jan Cresswell of Greenbrier, AR, and Melissa Wiggins and her husband, Bobby, of Sidon, MS; one son, Terry Sanders of Kinsett, AR; four sisters, Earline Harris of TN, Beulah Mae Hubbard of TN, Minnie Lee McMinn and her husband, Bill, of Coffeeville, MS, and Lottie Mae Toole and her husband, Melvin, of Charleston, MS; two brothers, George Blakely and his wife, Faye, of Coffeeville, MS, and John Blakely of TN; five grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017 from 12:00 PM to service time at the funeral home. Daniel Vest will officiate the services. Pallbearers will be friends and family. Burial will be in Hill View Stone Cemetery in Carroll County. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Gray and Dr. Smith and the entire staff of Greenbrier Nursing Home.
Williams & Lord Funeral Home is in charge. An online guestbook can be signed at www.williamsandlord.com.