Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Sunday, November 22, 1970

COLUMBUS SANDERS

(Special to The Town Talk)

WINNFIELD, La., -- Columbus O. Sanders, 92, died Saturday morning in a Winnfield hospital.

He was a member of Union Baptist Church, Joyce.

Survivors are two sons, Coy Sanders and Henry Sanders of Joyce; five brothers, Rich Sanders, Wilmer Sanders and Welby Sanders of Joyce, Chester Sanders of Monroe and Flarce Sanders of Tannehill; three sisters, Mrs. Myla Taylor of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Georgia Porter of Winnfield and Mrs. Lee Warner of Delhi; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in Union Baptist church, Joyce, with Rev. Billy Smithart and Rev. Wilmer Jordan officiating. Burial will be in Union cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.