Lewis Comer Sanders

Mr. Lewis Comer Sanders of Curry Ferry Road, Bonifay, Florida passed away Friday, October 26, 2012.  He was 88.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 29, in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home in Geneva with Rev. Wade Green officiating.  Burial will follow in the East Pittman Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, October 28, from 3 until 5 p.m.

Mr. Sanders was born April 24, 1924, in Munson, Florida to the late Lewis and Estelle Henderson Sanders.  He was a diesel mechanic by trade and he was a proud Army veteran serving in WWII.

In addition to his parents, his wife Jean Curry Sanders, two grandchildren, Connie Martin Leavins and Stafford Lee Still, Jr. as well as a sister, Inez Leavins all preceded him in death.

Survivors include six children: Gail Jones (Charles), Westville, Marlene Howell, Gary Luquette Sanders (Bobbie Jo), all of Bonifay, Terry Sanders (Gina), Ponce de Leon, Vickie Sanders (Rudene), Bonifay, and Renay Gilmore (Greg), Westville; one sister, Nettie Houston (Flem), Bonifay; one brother, Dewey Sanders (Pat), Arab, AL; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, other extended family and friends.