Dorothy Sanders
Posted: November 4, 2012
Dorothy Sanford Sanders, 83, died Nov. 1, 2012, at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va. Graveside services are today at 2 p.m. at Friendship Cemetery with Billy Ferguson officiating. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sanders was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Hamilton, to the late William Jesse and Alma Ida Harris Sanford. She was a former member of Columbus Church of Christ and was a member of Southwest Church of Christ in Chesterfield, Va. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Edwards Sanders; daughter, Debbie Sanders Riggan; and brother, William J. Sanford Jr. She is survived by her daughters, Sandra Sanders Pittman of Tupelo, and Emily Sanders Burgess of Richmond, Va.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Southwest Church of Christ, 5340 Courthouse Rd., Chesterfield, Va. 23832; The Virginia Voice or to Meals on Wheels.