Bobby W. Sanders

Published 12:00 am Sunday, September 6, 2009

Services for Bobby W. Sanders were Saturday at Glenwood Funeral Home. He was buried at Wintergreen Cemetery in Port Gibson.

Pallbearers were Bud Reed, Charles Hynum, Bill Jeffers, George Culley, James Brooks and Lamar Shelby.

Mr. Sanders died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at River Region Medical Center. He was 66.

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He lived in Port Gibson for 30 years, and had been a Vicksburg resident for two years. He was retired from LeTourneau, and was a member of Bowmar Baptist Church.

Mr. Sanders was preceded in death by his parents, Willand Sanders and Ruby Sanders Irby; and a son, Robert Wayne Ainsworth.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Sanders of Vicksburg; a daughter, Sheila M. Ettinger of Vicksburg; a son, Hugh Sanders of Vicksburg; two brothers, Brian Sanders and Jay Sanders, both of Vicksburg; three sisters, Karen Sanders, Sharon Sanders and Angela Sanders, all of Vicksburg; and four grandchildren.