Beverly Sanders

September 25, 1941 – May 15, 2025

HIGH POINT — Beverly (Anne) Babson Sanders, beloved Wife, Mother, Nana, Aunt, Daughter, Nurse and Friend, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2025 in High Point, NC surrounded by her loved ones. Her daughter was holding her hand as she took her last breath. Beverly is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Sanders Roberts (Christopher Roberts,) her grandsons, Matthew Sanders Roberts (Lauren Watson Roberts) and Elijah Christopher Roberts (Ashley Marie Leonard) and her nephew Lynn Johnson (Tina Johnson) as well as cousins and other loved ones. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of more than 55 years, Ernest Leonard Sanders, her parents, Earl Pratt Babson and Gertrude Barnes Babson and her sister, Brenda Babson Johnson.

Beverly is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and of Pfeiffer University, where she earned Masters Degrees in both Business Administration and Healthcare Administration. As a Registered Nurse, Beverly touched countless lives. She was passionate about helping and caring for others as well as encouraging younger nurses who were entering the profession. After retiring as a Chief Nursing Officer from FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham, NC, Beverly joined CR Legal Team in Greensboro, NC as a Special Projects Manager. In that role, she worked with her daughter to create an Employee Wellness Program that focused on the physical, emotional, spiritual and occupational wellness of CR Legal Team Members.

Beverly loved travelling with her family and would often talk about how fortunate she was to travel to five continents with her grandchildren. She was passionate about her family and loved spending time with them playing cards, going to movies, cooking together or just sitting together and laughing. In her final days, Beverly spoke about her life and what a blessing her life had been. She let her family know that she would not change a thing. She died as she had lived – with grace and surrounded by love. She will be forever loved and forever missed.

Beverly's family will welcome drop-in visitation on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point, NC from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A service honoring Beverly's life will be held Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Richmond County Memorial Park in Rockingham, NC at 1:00 pm.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the Little Red Jumpsuit Foundation for Women, where a scholarship for nursing students will be established in her name.

Online condolences can be made at www.cumbyfuneral.com.