WANCHESE - Willie Gus Saunders, Sr., 85, died Tuesday, July 16, at his residence.
He was born in Wanchese, the son of the late Willie Calvin and Della Montague Saunders. He was the husband of Thalia "Datie" Sawyer Saunders of the home.
Mr. Saunders was a member of the Manteo Masonic Lodge #521 AF&AM, the Scottish Rite, a Shriner, Tidewater Chapter "Hog" member of Virginia Beach, captain and owner of the "Sea Rambler". He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Besides his wife, he is survived by 6 daughters: Peggy Rogers and Diane Pledger, both of Wanchese, Donna Brown of Lakeland, Fla., Brenda Butler of Manns Harbor, Jeanie Midgett of Manteo and Winifred Saunders of Mineral, Virginia.; four sons: Gus Saunders, Jr., Calvin Saunders and David "Pedro" Saunders, all of Wanchese, and Frank Saunders of Chesapeake. Va.; two sisters: Lucille Minton of Norfolk, Va. and Madge Frye of Chesapeake; 40 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held July 20 at the Bethany United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Clark and the Rev. Charles Etheridge officiating. Burial will follow in the Cudworth Cemetery In Wanchese. Twiford's Funeral Home In Manteo is in charge of these arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Thursday, July 18, 1996
WANCHESE - Willie Gus Saunders, Sr., 85, died Tuesday, July 16, at his residence.
He was born in Wanchese, the son of the late Willie Calvin and Della Montague Saunders. He was the husband of Thalia "Datie" Sawyer Saunders of the home.
Mr. Saunders was a member of the Manteo Masonic Lodge #521 AF&AM, the Scottish Rite, a Shriner, Tidewater Chapter "Hog" member of Virginia Beach, captain and owner of the "Sea Rambler". He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Besides his wife, he is survived by 6 daughters: Peggy Rogers and Diane Pledger, both of Wanchese, Donna Brown of Lakeland, Fla., Brenda Butler of Manns Harbor, Jeanie Midgett of Manteo and Winifred Saunders of Mineral, Virginia.; four sons: Gus Saunders, Jr., Calvin Saunders and David "Pedro" Saunders, all of Wanchese, and Frank Saunders of Chesapeake. Va.; two sisters: Lucille Minton of Norfolk, Va. and Madge Frye of Chesapeake; 40 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held July 20 at the Bethany United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Clark and the Rev. Charles Etheridge officiating. Burial will follow in the Cudworth Cemetery In Wanchese. Twiford's Funeral Home In Manteo is in charge of these arrangements.
The Coastland Times
Manteo, NC
Thursday, July 18, 1996
Family Members
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Bernice Ione Saunders Midgett
1903–1993
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Ernest Vance "Cluke" Saunders
1904–1984
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Minnie Hyacinth "Hye" Saunders Gibson
1905–1983
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Sarah Vandalene "Vanda" Saunders Sigsby
1907–1995
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Virgie Estelle Saunders Sobel
1909–1996
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Mary Lucetta "Lucille" Saunders Minton
1915–2007
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Gaston Howard "Gas" Saunders
1916–1939
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Madge Saunders Frye
1925–2003
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Infant Saunders
1926–1926
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