Visitation: 11:00am – 12:00pm, Thursday, December 21, 2017
Location: Lebanon Christian Church
Funeral Service: 12:00pm, Thursday, December 21, 2017
Location: Lebanon Christian Church
Interment: Peninsula Memorial Park with Military Honors
Woodrow Wilson Sanders, Sr., 99, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017. He was born in Warsaw, VA and had been a long-time Peninsula resident. He retired from Fort Eustis as the commissary manager after 36 years of service.
He also served honorably during World War II at Guadalcanal as a Sergeant in U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a member of Lebanon Christian Church for 75 years, where he served as Elder Emeritus. He served on the committee for the Lee Hall Depot Restoration Foundation, was a member of the Warwick Masonic Lodge, and Warwick Ruritan Club.
Mr. Sanders is survived by his beloved wife of 75 years, May Sanders; his son, Woody Sanders, Jr. of Newport News; a grandson, David H. Sanders, (Suzanne), and three great-grandchildren, Colin, Emma, and Marley, of Norge, VA; a niece, Jane Skates of Warsaw; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Lee of King and Queen County, VA and Emily Turner of Gloucester; and a host of other extended family and friends.
A funeral service will be conducted at 12 noon, Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Lebanon Christian Church by the Rev. Dennis Worsham. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church. Interment with Military Honors will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lebanon Christian Church Building Fund, 409 Yorktown Rd., Newport News, VA 23603. Arrangements are by Weymouth Funeral Home.