Thelma Sanders

Thelma Sanders

Thelma Sanders Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 15, 2009.
Thelma Louise Bonham Sanders COEBURN, Va. Thelma Louise Bonham Sanders, 84, passed away Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, at Select Specialty Hospital, Bristol Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Alpha Bonham; husband, Charles Sanders; sons, Ronald and Richard Sanders; and brother, George Bonham, She is survived by daughters, Paula Jones and husband Elmer, Brenda Noonchester and husband Dillard, all of Coeburn, Linda Daniels and husband Ken, Hillsville, Va.; sons, Ray Sanders and wife Katie, Greg Sanders, Jeff Sanders, all of Coeburn, Terry Sanders and wife Gaye, Nickelsville, Va.; two sisters, Peggy Munsey, Asheville, N.C., Ruth Bush, Big Stone Gap; two sisters-in-law, Mary Goff, Chesapeake, Va., and Lola Sanders, Big Stone Gap, two special friends, Mary Plumley and Bandi Carroll; 15 grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation for Thelma Louise Sanders will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, after 5 p.m. at Estes Funeral Home Chapel and funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. with Rev. R.J. Rose and Rev. Randy Noonchester officiating. Burial will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at Greenwood Acres Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Estes Funeral Home, Inc., Coeburn, VA.

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