Faye Puckett Sanders

Faye Puckett Sanders, 96, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born on June 18, 1911 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late James W. and Sarah Broyles Puckett. Faye was married to Lawrence E. Sanders on January 4, 1930 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1974. She was a member of Mercerville Missionary Baptist Church and a homemaker. Surviving are her two daughters, Janice Ann Eugene Brumfield and Carolyn Brent Halley, both of London, Ohio; eight grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; eleven great great grandchildren; one sister, Judy Berkley Saunders of Crown City; two sisters-in-law, Margaret Puckett and Thelma Puckett, both of Mercerville; a brother-in-law, Charles Shelby Sanders of Gallipolis; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Abby Rankin, her pen pal, of Crown City. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lawrence E. Sanders, a son, Gary Allen Saunders in 1996, a stepmother who raised her, Pearl Scarberry McGuire Puckett, a sister, Madeline Puckett, three brothers, Lyle Puckett, Charlwood Puckett and Stewart 'Studie' Puckett, a stepbrother, Enos McGuire, and a stepsister, Emma Lee Martin. Services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Mercerville Baptist Church with Pastors Berkley Saunders, Dean Warner and Randy Carnes officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home on Monday, March 31, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Doug Pugh, Carl Beaver, Floyd Stapleton, Dillard Sanders, Donovan Sanders, and Randy Carnes. Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Cemetery: 2008-04-01 Ridgelawn Cemetery Mercerville OH US Visitation: 2008-03-31 18:00:00-20:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Service: 2008-04-01 13:00:00 Mercerville Baptist Church Mercerville OH US