Knoxville – Leroy Sanders passed away January 14, 2020. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee to the late Conrad and Emma Sanders on March 17, 1929
He loved the Lord most of all and was a faithful, loving devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend, and a faithful member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
Graduate of Austin High School, Knoxville. He volunteered for the Navy after an honorable discharge. Some years later he graduated from Rutgers University in N.B., NJ.
Preceded in death by wife, Dorothy Sanders; mother, Emma (Chester) Dansby.
He leaves to cherish his memory, son, Bruce (Marlene) Sanders; daughter, Roslyn Sanders; daughter, Stephanie Powell; a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.
The family will receive friends, 12 – 12:30 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020, at Jarnigan’s Chapel, funeral service, 12:30 p.m., Rev. Leroy Franklin, Officiating. Interment, East Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery, John Sevier Hwy. Arrangements by JARNIGAN & SON MORTUARY