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James Lawrence “Stubby” Sanders

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James Lawrence “Stubby” Sanders

Birth
Attala County, Mississippi, USA
Death
18 Sep 2002 (aged 68)
Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
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James L. Sanders

Services for James L. "Stubby" Sanders, 68, of Kosciusko were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was in Parkway Cemetery.

Sanders, retired owner and operator of Sanders Ambulance Service from 1974 to 1984, died Sept. 18, 2002 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

He was a member of Second Baptist Church, an honorary Deputy Sheriff of Attala County, a member of the Kosciusko Shriners Chapter.

He had served as an Emergency Medical Technician since 1974. He was responsible for bringing the first set of Jaws of Life to Attala County. He helped form the first softball league for teenage girls in Kosciusko.

He spent a number of years as a driller for Rowan Drilling Company and a sheet metal fabricator at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.

Sanders, a native of Attala County was the son of the late Johnnie Lavelle and Mamie Dell Sanders of Attala County.

He is survived by his wife, Hilda Frazier Sanders of Kosciusko; two daughters, Vicky Sanders Abel of Kosciusko and Rita Sanders Bennett of Philadelphia; a son, James Lamar "Jimmy "Sanders of Pascagoula; four granddaughters, Ashley Shea White of Philadelphia, Amanda Carol DuBard of Kosciusko, Amye Dell Campbell of Kosciusko, Brittani Anea Coleman of Starkville; three great-grandsons, Brandon Scott Crowson of Philadelphia, Hayden Micheal Burns of Kosciusko, and Nicholas Cash White of Philadelphia; one step-great-grandson, Chance Tyler White of Philadelphia; two sisters, Mary Margaret O'Neal of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and Nell Puckett of Jackson; two brothers, Billy Lavelle Sanders of Gautier, and David L. Sanders of Pascagoula.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Shirley Laverne Sanders of Attala County, four brothers, Louie Fletcher Sanders of French Camp, Barney Dell Sanders, George Earl Sanders and James Donald Sanders all of Vicksburg.

His nephew, the Rev. Charles Fisher of Wharton, Texas, officiated.

Nephews serving as pallbearers were Daniel Fisher, James Frazier, Michael Frazier, Butch McGlothin, Galen Sanders and Randy Sanders.

James L. Sanders

Services for James L. "Stubby" Sanders, 68, of Kosciusko were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was in Parkway Cemetery.

Sanders, retired owner and operator of Sanders Ambulance Service from 1974 to 1984, died Sept. 18, 2002 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

He was a member of Second Baptist Church, an honorary Deputy Sheriff of Attala County, a member of the Kosciusko Shriners Chapter.

He had served as an Emergency Medical Technician since 1974. He was responsible for bringing the first set of Jaws of Life to Attala County. He helped form the first softball league for teenage girls in Kosciusko.

He spent a number of years as a driller for Rowan Drilling Company and a sheet metal fabricator at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.

Sanders, a native of Attala County was the son of the late Johnnie Lavelle and Mamie Dell Sanders of Attala County.

He is survived by his wife, Hilda Frazier Sanders of Kosciusko; two daughters, Vicky Sanders Abel of Kosciusko and Rita Sanders Bennett of Philadelphia; a son, James Lamar "Jimmy "Sanders of Pascagoula; four granddaughters, Ashley Shea White of Philadelphia, Amanda Carol DuBard of Kosciusko, Amye Dell Campbell of Kosciusko, Brittani Anea Coleman of Starkville; three great-grandsons, Brandon Scott Crowson of Philadelphia, Hayden Micheal Burns of Kosciusko, and Nicholas Cash White of Philadelphia; one step-great-grandson, Chance Tyler White of Philadelphia; two sisters, Mary Margaret O'Neal of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and Nell Puckett of Jackson; two brothers, Billy Lavelle Sanders of Gautier, and David L. Sanders of Pascagoula.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Shirley Laverne Sanders of Attala County, four brothers, Louie Fletcher Sanders of French Camp, Barney Dell Sanders, George Earl Sanders and James Donald Sanders all of Vicksburg.

His nephew, the Rev. Charles Fisher of Wharton, Texas, officiated.

Nephews serving as pallbearers were Daniel Fisher, James Frazier, Michael Frazier, Butch McGlothin, Galen Sanders and Randy Sanders.


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