Willie Sanders

Funeral services for Jack Sanders, 71 of Mexia will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at 2 p.m. in Blair - Stubbs Chapel. Pastor Steve Henderson will officiate with interment to follow in Ft. Parker Memorial Park.. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 p.m. Tuesday night at the funeral home.. Mr. Sanders was born February 4, 1935 in Oletha to Nettie Castillow and Charlie Sanders and passed away on April 24, 2006 in Mexia. He owned Sanders & Son Exxon Station on corner of Milam and McKinney for many years and was also a rancher. He was a member of the National Guard and served in the Army. He was a member of The First Assembly of God Church, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine. He was preceded in death by his father, Charlie Sanders, sister, Betty Guest and brother In law: Tubby Morton. He is survived by his children: Ricky Sanders and wife, Sharon of Mexia; Tamra Scott of Dallas, Angela Bonner of Mexia, Lashawn Sanders of Mexia and Talitha Seale of Mexia; Grandchildren: Rick, Hallie, and Reid Sanders, Spencer and Chad Scott, Dustin and Leanne Bonner, Paige O'Hare, Kelsye Sanders, and Brittany and Bryan Beldin, Great grandchildren, Cayse and Seth; mother: Nettie Sanders Dick of Mesquite; Sisters: Ruth Henderson and husband, Ray Gene of Mexia; Darlene Morton of Mexia, Marsha Sanders of Mesquite, Martha Marshburn and husband, Wayne of Canton, Sue Hendricks and husband, Bill of Mesquite and Rhonda Horton and husband, Cliff of Mesquite, and the mother of his children, Charlsye Lynn Adams. Pallbearers will be Ricky Sanders, Mike Morton, Spike Morton, Russell Marshburn, Huey Henderson, Greg Guest and Steve Henderson.