Thelma A Sanders

Thelma Anderson Sanders, 84, Inverness, Florida passed away October 3, 2013 under the care of Hospice of Citrus County in Lecanto. She was born in Inverness, on December 23, 1928, to the late Guy and Evelyn (O’Berry) Anderson. Thelma was a Registered Nurse at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness; Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, FL; and was Director of Nursing for Brentwood Health Care Center, Lecanto and Arbor Trail Rehab & Nursing, Inverness. She was a lifelong resident of Inverness, and attended 1st Assembly of God Church, and in later years, Victory Baptist Church in Inverness. Thelma was decended from a historic, citrus county pioneer family. Her forefather, Charles Anderson, relocated to this area from Tatnall County, Georgia circa 1856. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-one years, James P. Sanders, and siblings Thomas Earl Anderson and Dorothy Wilkes. Survivors include her children, J. Russell (Helen) Sanders of Sebring, Fl, John R. Sanders of Inverness, and J. Mark (Carrie) Sanders of Hardin, TX; Kathy (Kenny) Geagley of Newport News, VA; one brother, Guy Henry (Shirley) Anderson, Sr. of Cross City, Fl; Twenty-six grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service is scheduled for Saturday, October 12, 2013, 11:00 AM at the 1st Assembly of God Church. Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home with Crematory, Inverness.