Ellen Sanders

Published 11:52 am Friday, November 21, 2014

By Staff Reports

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Ellen Sanders were held Saturday, November 8, 2014, at Saulters Moore Chapel in Prentiss. She was 94 years old. She passed away at her residence in Silver Creek. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery. Saulters Moore Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.

Rev. Trey Spangler, Rev. Buck Rester and Rev. Ronald Ballard officiated. Pallbearers were John Loup, Mark Herrington, Johnell Lewis, Billy Peeler, David Davis, Jr. and James Holifield.

Ellen was born January 20, 1920, to Tom Robertson and Minnie Herrington Robertson. She worked at the telephone company in Silver Creek for a couple of years. She and her husband Clarence owned and operated a service station in Silver Creek for 31 years. She and Clarence were married 76 years. Mrs. Sanders was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

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She is survived by her daughter, JoAnn Hartzog of Silver Creek; two grandchildren, Stacy Davis and Steve Hartzog; two great-grandchildren, Connor Hartzog and Tyler Davis.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one sister.

 

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