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Leland Garner Sanderson
December 12, 1929 - August 07, 2013

Funeral services for Mr. Leland Garner Sanderson will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Oakdale First Baptist Church with Reverend Michael McIntosh officiating. Interment will follow in Oakdale Cemetery under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale.

Mr. Sanderson, 83, of Oakdale, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria.

Leland was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Arizona Chemicals after forty-three years. He was a member of Oakdale First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was also a youth baseball coach for twelve years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Sanderson and one brother, Cecil Sanderson.

Those left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory include one son, Lewis Sanderson and his wife, Anne of Laurel, Mississippi; two daughters, Gale Fox and her husband, Rusty of Montgomery, Texas and Sally Sanderson of Oakdale; two brothers, Troy Sanderson of Elmer and Jimmy Sanderson and his wife, Wanda of Baton Rouge; one sister, Nadine Sanderson of McComb, Mississippi and six grandchildren, Katie Fox, Amy Bush, Lukas Fox, Ryan Sanderson, Will Fox and Kaitlyn Peart.

Friends may call at Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale on Friday, August 9, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and at Oakdale First Baptist Church on Saturday, August 10, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. until time of services at 11:00 a.m.

Friends may post online messages of condolence for the Sanderson family by visiting www.rushfh.com.