Tommie Sanders Jr.
Posted: February 23, 2018
COLUMBUS — Tommie Sanders Jr., 67, died Feb. 19, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s MB Church of Columbus with the Rev. John F. Johnson. Burial will follow at Sandfield Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 3-8 p.m. at Carter’s of Columbus. Mr. Sanders was born in Macon on Aug. 13, 1950, to the late Tommie Sanders Sr. and Clora Lue Sanders. He was formerly employed by the city of Columbus. He was a graduate of Caldwell High School and a member of Glenn Chapel CME Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Billie Ray Sanders. He is survived by his children, Garmall Sanders, Sumeca Thompson, Jarvis Sanders, Brittany Sanders, Bryan Sanders and Jessica Sanders, all of Columbus; siblings, Willie Jean Thompson of Columbus, Norma Jean Sanders of Columbus, Mattie Lee Fisher of Indianapolis, Indiana and Vera Iona Sanders of St. Louis, Missouri; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Jamal Spann, Jimmy Hawthorne, Mike Blue, Daniel Crawford, Jessie Hawthorne, Willie Jones, Brett Thompson, Harry Johnson and Reco Johnson.