Wayne Sanders Jr., age 83, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024. A celebration of life was held on Sunday, August 11, at 2 p.m. at Phillips Chapel in Soperton with Pastor Jerry McMillen officiating. Burial followed at Boiling Springs Cemetery.
Wayne was born on June 28, 1941 to Wayne “Bay” and Rosa Murphy Sanders. He attended school in Jefferson County. Wayne was a talented guitar player and enjoyed playing and singing gospel songs. He was a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Throughout his life, Wayne held several jobs and always did his best. Mr. Sanders was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Shirley Phillips, his daughter Felicia McCullum, his son Dewayne Sanders, his granddaughter Alexis Seafus, his sisters Gladys Williams and Gaynell Tennyson, and his brothers CD Sanders and Roy Sanders Sr.
Surviving are his daughters Selena (Albert) Jones and Debbie Sanders, eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, his sisters Lee Alice Barge of Trenton, NJ and Marion White of Wadley, his brothers-in-law Meadie (Ira Lee) Phillips and Cleveland (Anna Laura) Phillips, his sisters-in-law Sadie Sanders and Patricia Sanders, his very special friend Jean Stanford and his devoted friend Vivian Cuyler.
Mosley’s Funeral Home was responsible for the organization.
