Robert C Sanders

Robert Clifton Sanders, 75, assistant District Attorney for the 11th Judicial Circuit and former Columbia attorney, died Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence on Sharondale Drive. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 4:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Reverend Thomas Wilson officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Churchyard at Ashwood. Military Honors at graveside will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m at Oakes & Nichols and Monday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in St. Peter's Parish Hall. Memorials may be made to St. Peter's Episcopal Church or St. John's Episcopal Church, 311 West 7th Street, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandichols.com. The Bedford County native was son of the late Yancie Edgar Sanders and Eva Pearl Curtis Sanders. He attended Bedford County and Davidson County public schools and was a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He earned his doctor of laws degree from the University of Tennessee Law School.He served in the U. S. Army and was a member of Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. He came to Columbia to make his home in the early 1960s and was in private law practice for a number of years before his employment with the 11th Judicial Circuit as assistant District Attorney. He also served as Juvenile Judge Pro-Tem for several years. Mr. Sanders was a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Vestry. He was a member of the Maury County Bar Association, Columbia Lions Club and Columbia Elks Lodge. Survivors include his children, Victoria (Jeff) Gay of Columbia, Emily (Donnie) White of Atlanta and Robert Clifton (Monica) Sanders, Jr. of Atlanta; sisters, Mary (Austin) Ferrell of Tullahoma, Fay (Marvin) Neill of Madison, Joyce Marie (J. C.) Elliott of Shelbyville; brother, Thomas H. (Mary) Sanders of Shelbyville; grandchildren, David Gay, Nicholas Gay, Alex White, Sam White, Cole Denham, Lindsey Denham, Jessie Sanders; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Franklin Ray Sanders and a sister, Betty Sue Tipper. Active pallbearers are Jim Matthews, Tommy Workman, Hector Alvarez Jasso, Chandler Beard, Brad Elliott and Attorney General Mike Bottoms.Honorary pallbearers include T. J. Jordan, Richard Burkeen, Tom Hardin, Jerry Colley and members of the Maury County Bar Association.