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Submitted: 11/3/20 • Approved: 11/3/20 • Last Updated: 11/6/20 • R1348336-G575533-S3
Jimmie 15 Feb 1936 - 19 Aug 1992
Donna 22 May 1944 - 02 Aug 2020
Marriage: 14 Mar 1964 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Jimmie Dale Sanders son of Johnny Ernest Sanders and Lona Malinda (Hively) Sanders. Donna K (Whited) Sanders daughter of Delmar Whited and Dora Mae (Williams) Whited. Donna was born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and died in Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas.
**obituary
The White River Currant, August 27, 1992:
Jimmie Dale Sanders of Pineville, son of the late Ernest Sanders and Lona Melinda Hively Sanders died Wednesday, August 19, 1992 at the Calico Rock Medical Center at the age of 56. He was born February 15, 1936 in Dolph.
Sanders was married to Donna Whited on March 14, 1964 in Kansas City, Mo. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked at Aeroquip Manufacturing Company. Sanders was of the Baptist Faith.
Survivors include his wife Donna of the home; three daughters, Carla Vredenburg of Ludowici, Ga., Cindy Gillaspie of Sidney and Stephanie Sanders of Dolph; one sister, Faye Neal of Dolph; one brother, Todd Sanders of Calico Rock; four grandchildren.
Services were held Friday, August 21, 1992 at 2 p.m. at the Dolph Baptist Church in Dolph with Reverend Mike Downing officiating.
Pallbearers were Rex Dockins, Rick Sanders, Wade Sanders, Steve Neal, Ed Foster and Ken Sanders.
Interment was in the Sanders Memorial Cemetery in Dolph under the direction of the Howard Funeral Home of Calico Rock.
And that of his wife,
Donna Kay Whited Sanders Of Dolph, Arkansas
Donna Kay Whited Sanders, daughter of the late Delmar Whited and Dora Mae Williams Whited, was born May 22, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri. She departed this life August 2, 2020 in Calico Rock, Arkansas at the age of 76 years, 2 months and 11 days. She was united in marriage to Jimmie Dale Sanders March 14, 1964 and together they raised three daughters. Donna spent her life as a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, homemaker and friend. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of Calico Rock First Baptist Church.
Donna is survived by two daughters and two sons-in-law: Carla and Shane Vredenburg of Dolph and Cindy and Rick Qualls of Evening Shade; one brother: Ron Whited and wife Becky of Liberty, Missouri; one sister: Della McGarrah of Springdale; nine grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and many good friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter: Stephanie Kay Sanders Avey and one brother: Charles Whited.
Visitation and funeral service will be Tuesday, August 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Wayland Arbor in Dolph, Arkansas. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be at Dolph Baptist Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Phillip Vredenburg, Tony Vredenburg, B.J. Gillaspie, Jimmie Gillaspie, Jacob Cantrell and Chris Draper.
Honorary Pallbearers: Lexi Vredenburg, Miranda Draper, Erica Cantrell, Hannah Qualls and Heath Qualls.
Photo courtesy of Vera Emaline (Lane) Reeves.
Contributed on 11/3/20 by maxparnell
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