Obituary:
MRS. SANDERS
20 Apr 1910 – 30 Aug 2004

LAFAYETTE, AL -- Mrs. Annie Laurie Burton Sanders, 94, of Lafayette died Monday, 30 Aug 2004 at Chapman Health Care in Alexander City, AL.

Funeral services are scheduled 11 a.m. Thursday, 2 Sep 2004 at Antioch Baptist Church in Lafayette with Revs Wayne Barrett and Alton Parris officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Sanders is survived by two sons, Donald (Grace) Sanders of Eufaula, AL, and Hoyt (Kay) Sanders of Bay Pine, AL; one daughter-in-law, Irmgard Sanders of Eufaula; three sisters, Ruby Drake of Opelika, AL, Claude Isabell of Lafayette and Jimmie (Rev Alton) Parris of Rainbow City, AL; two brothers, Charlie (Pearline) Burton of Camp Hill, AL and Guy (Peggy) Burton of Lanett, AL; two sisters-in-law, Myrtis Burton of Camp Hill and Margaret Burton of Camp Hill; five grandchildren, Birgit and Joe Triano, Doug and Dainie Sanders, Mike and Cindy Sanders, Ashley Sanders and Matthew Sanders; 12 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

Born in Tallapoosa County, AL on 20 Apr 1910, Mrs. Sanders was the daughter of the late James Monroe Burton and Susan Elizabeth McEachern Burton. She was a graduate of Chambers County High School and Jacksonville Teachers College. Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Audrey Houston Sanders; a son, James K. Sanders; a grandson, Gene Sanders; six sisters, Gladys Burton, Edith Sanders, Clara LeCroy, Eunice Welch, Mary Sanders and Cenus Harris; and three brothers, John Burton, Robert Burton and Edison Burton. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, 1 Sep 2004 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home in Lafayette.

Jeff Jones Funeral Home in Lafayette is handling arrangements.

The Valley Times-1 Sep 2004