Wayne Lee Sanders

"With tears we watched you suffer as you slowly faded away. Our hearts were completely broken as you fought so hard to stay. We know you had to leave us, but you did not go alone, because part of us went with you the day God called you home" at 4:27 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at Ollie Steele Burden Manor, Baton Rouge. He was 59, a native of Baton Rouge and resident of Denham Springs. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, on Friday, Feb. 19, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m. in the chapel. Burial in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survived by his wife of 35 years, Terry McLain Sanders; daughter and son-in-law, Heather Lora Sanders and Kevin Sproles; son and daughter-in-law, Jason Wayne and Nikki Sanders; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Margaret Sanders and Robert Greaud and Jannie Sanders and Michael Daniel; two grandchildren, Kylie and Kourtney Sanders; mother-in-law, Loretta McLain Angelle; and his dogs, Baby and Buck. Preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Hattie Hoyt Sanders; and fathers-in-law, Robert D. McLain and Alton Angelle. Special thanks to Dr. Chris McCanless, Dr. Venkat Surakanti, Dr. Tasha Shamlin and Dr. Guido DeJesus. Thanks for the loving care of the oncology family on the fourth floor of the Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet and the staff at Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Butterfly Wing. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.