John Stoll SANDERS
DECEMBER 8, 1947 – DECEMBER 27, 2021
John Stoll Sanders passed away in Nashville, Tennessee on December 28, 2021, after a short illness, surrounded by his many family members. A long-time resident of Beechville, Williamson County, Tennessee, John was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 8, 1947, and was preceded in death by his parents, Grover B. Sanders, M.D. and Lida Stoll Sanders, of Louisville, and his sister, Lynn Chenault Sanders Wilson of Lisle, Illinois.
He graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, and then attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated with a B.A., and M.A. in English Literature. John continued his graduate education at Kelham Theological College, Nottinghamshire, England, and then completed further doctoral studies in Mediaeval Religion at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. He also studied in San Lorenzo del Escorial in Spain, and in Rome.
While he lived in Tennessee for most of his life and encouraged his boys to celebrate their many-generation Tennessee heritage, he was first a Kentuckian. He was a direct descendant of the first pioneer families of Maryland and Virginia in the 1600s. His direct ancestors founded both Fort Harrod in 1773 and the Fort at Boonesborough in 1775 with Daniel Boone, the first European settlements in Kentucky. As such, his heritage was steeped in bourbon whiskey and thoroughbred horses. His great-grandfather, Overton Harris Chenault, was the breeder and owner of the 1901 Kentucky Derby Winner, His Eminence, among other famous horses such as the sire of Man-o-War. One of his favorite family stories was that his maternal grandmother, Talitha Chenault Stoll, related to him that the happiest day of her life was that Derby Day in 1901 when her father's horse won. He was named after his maternal grandfather, John G. Stoll, Lexington business leader, and owner and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader.
Survivors include wife of 47 years, Jane Dancey Trabue Sanders, of Nashville, their four sons, John William Chenault Sanders (Gracie), of Nashville, Andrew Battle Sanders (Betsy), of Memphis, Sterling McCann Sanders (Alice Broughton), of Nashville, and David Trabue Sanders (Victoria), of Charlottesville, Virginia; and eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Callie McCann Sanders and Cecilia Frances Sanders, of Memphis, Virginia Chenault Sanders, Richard Harris Sanders, and George Battle Sanders of Charlottesville, Sterling McCann Sanders, Jr, of Nashville, and Dancey Trabue Sanders and Eleanor Fort Sanders, of Nashville; his brother, William McCann Sanders, of Lexington, Kentucky, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 from nine o'clock to ten o'clock in the morning with a Celebration of Life Service following at ten o'clock in the morning at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4509 Franklin Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The burial will take place on Tuesday January 4th, 2022 at ten o'clock in the morning at the Overton Harris Chenault plot at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington Kentucky.
DECEMBER 8, 1947 – DECEMBER 27, 2021
John Stoll Sanders passed away in Nashville, Tennessee on December 28, 2021, after a short illness, surrounded by his many family members. A long-time resident of Beechville, Williamson County, Tennessee, John was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 8, 1947, and was preceded in death by his parents, Grover B. Sanders, M.D. and Lida Stoll Sanders, of Louisville, and his sister, Lynn Chenault Sanders Wilson of Lisle, Illinois.
He graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, and then attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated with a B.A., and M.A. in English Literature. John continued his graduate education at Kelham Theological College, Nottinghamshire, England, and then completed further doctoral studies in Mediaeval Religion at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. He also studied in San Lorenzo del Escorial in Spain, and in Rome.
While he lived in Tennessee for most of his life and encouraged his boys to celebrate their many-generation Tennessee heritage, he was first a Kentuckian. He was a direct descendant of the first pioneer families of Maryland and Virginia in the 1600s. His direct ancestors founded both Fort Harrod in 1773 and the Fort at Boonesborough in 1775 with Daniel Boone, the first European settlements in Kentucky. As such, his heritage was steeped in bourbon whiskey and thoroughbred horses. His great-grandfather, Overton Harris Chenault, was the breeder and owner of the 1901 Kentucky Derby Winner, His Eminence, among other famous horses such as the sire of Man-o-War. One of his favorite family stories was that his maternal grandmother, Talitha Chenault Stoll, related to him that the happiest day of her life was that Derby Day in 1901 when her father's horse won. He was named after his maternal grandfather, John G. Stoll, Lexington business leader, and owner and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader.
Survivors include wife of 47 years, Jane Dancey Trabue Sanders, of Nashville, their four sons, John William Chenault Sanders (Gracie), of Nashville, Andrew Battle Sanders (Betsy), of Memphis, Sterling McCann Sanders (Alice Broughton), of Nashville, and David Trabue Sanders (Victoria), of Charlottesville, Virginia; and eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Callie McCann Sanders and Cecilia Frances Sanders, of Memphis, Virginia Chenault Sanders, Richard Harris Sanders, and George Battle Sanders of Charlottesville, Sterling McCann Sanders, Jr, of Nashville, and Dancey Trabue Sanders and Eleanor Fort Sanders, of Nashville; his brother, William McCann Sanders, of Lexington, Kentucky, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 from nine o'clock to ten o'clock in the morning with a Celebration of Life Service following at ten o'clock in the morning at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4509 Franklin Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The burial will take place on Tuesday January 4th, 2022 at ten o'clock in the morning at the Overton Harris Chenault plot at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington Kentucky.
John Stoll SANDERS
DECEMBER 8, 1947 – DECEMBER 27, 2021
John Stoll Sanders passed away in Nashville, Tennessee on December 28, 2021, after a short illness, surrounded by his many family members. A long-time resident of Beechville, Williamson County, Tennessee, John was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 8, 1947, and was preceded in death by his parents, Grover B. Sanders, M.D. and Lida Stoll Sanders, of Louisville, and his sister, Lynn Chenault Sanders Wilson of Lisle, Illinois.
He graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, and then attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated with a B.A., and M.A. in English Literature. John continued his graduate education at Kelham Theological College, Nottinghamshire, England, and then completed further doctoral studies in Mediaeval Religion at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. He also studied in San Lorenzo del Escorial in Spain, and in Rome.
While he lived in Tennessee for most of his life and encouraged his boys to celebrate their many-generation Tennessee heritage, he was first a Kentuckian. He was a direct descendant of the first pioneer families of Maryland and Virginia in the 1600s. His direct ancestors founded both Fort Harrod in 1773 and the Fort at Boonesborough in 1775 with Daniel Boone, the first European settlements in Kentucky. As such, his heritage was steeped in bourbon whiskey and thoroughbred horses. His great-grandfather, Overton Harris Chenault, was the breeder and owner of the 1901 Kentucky Derby Winner, His Eminence, among other famous horses such as the sire of Man-o-War. One of his favorite family stories was that his maternal grandmother, Talitha Chenault Stoll, related to him that the happiest day of her life was that Derby Day in 1901 when her father's horse won. He was named after his maternal grandfather, John G. Stoll, Lexington business leader, and owner and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader.
Survivors include wife of 47 years, Jane Dancey Trabue Sanders, of Nashville, their four sons, John William Chenault Sanders (Gracie), of Nashville, Andrew Battle Sanders (Betsy), of Memphis, Sterling McCann Sanders (Alice Broughton), of Nashville, and David Trabue Sanders (Victoria), of Charlottesville, Virginia; and eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Callie McCann Sanders and Cecilia Frances Sanders, of Memphis, Virginia Chenault Sanders, Richard Harris Sanders, and George Battle Sanders of Charlottesville, Sterling McCann Sanders, Jr, of Nashville, and Dancey Trabue Sanders and Eleanor Fort Sanders, of Nashville; his brother, William McCann Sanders, of Lexington, Kentucky, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 from nine o'clock to ten o'clock in the morning with a Celebration of Life Service following at ten o'clock in the morning at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4509 Franklin Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The burial will take place on Tuesday January 4th, 2022 at ten o'clock in the morning at the Overton Harris Chenault plot at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington Kentucky.
DECEMBER 8, 1947 – DECEMBER 27, 2021
John Stoll Sanders passed away in Nashville, Tennessee on December 28, 2021, after a short illness, surrounded by his many family members. A long-time resident of Beechville, Williamson County, Tennessee, John was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 8, 1947, and was preceded in death by his parents, Grover B. Sanders, M.D. and Lida Stoll Sanders, of Louisville, and his sister, Lynn Chenault Sanders Wilson of Lisle, Illinois.
He graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville, and then attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated with a B.A., and M.A. in English Literature. John continued his graduate education at Kelham Theological College, Nottinghamshire, England, and then completed further doctoral studies in Mediaeval Religion at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. He also studied in San Lorenzo del Escorial in Spain, and in Rome.
While he lived in Tennessee for most of his life and encouraged his boys to celebrate their many-generation Tennessee heritage, he was first a Kentuckian. He was a direct descendant of the first pioneer families of Maryland and Virginia in the 1600s. His direct ancestors founded both Fort Harrod in 1773 and the Fort at Boonesborough in 1775 with Daniel Boone, the first European settlements in Kentucky. As such, his heritage was steeped in bourbon whiskey and thoroughbred horses. His great-grandfather, Overton Harris Chenault, was the breeder and owner of the 1901 Kentucky Derby Winner, His Eminence, among other famous horses such as the sire of Man-o-War. One of his favorite family stories was that his maternal grandmother, Talitha Chenault Stoll, related to him that the happiest day of her life was that Derby Day in 1901 when her father's horse won. He was named after his maternal grandfather, John G. Stoll, Lexington business leader, and owner and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader.
Survivors include wife of 47 years, Jane Dancey Trabue Sanders, of Nashville, their four sons, John William Chenault Sanders (Gracie), of Nashville, Andrew Battle Sanders (Betsy), of Memphis, Sterling McCann Sanders (Alice Broughton), of Nashville, and David Trabue Sanders (Victoria), of Charlottesville, Virginia; and eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Callie McCann Sanders and Cecilia Frances Sanders, of Memphis, Virginia Chenault Sanders, Richard Harris Sanders, and George Battle Sanders of Charlottesville, Sterling McCann Sanders, Jr, of Nashville, and Dancey Trabue Sanders and Eleanor Fort Sanders, of Nashville; his brother, William McCann Sanders, of Lexington, Kentucky, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 from nine o'clock to ten o'clock in the morning with a Celebration of Life Service following at ten o'clock in the morning at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4509 Franklin Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The burial will take place on Tuesday January 4th, 2022 at ten o'clock in the morning at the Overton Harris Chenault plot at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington Kentucky.
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