Joe Sanders

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Joe Sanders, 80, of Horseshoe Bend, formerly of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

Joe was born in Pensacola, Fla., to Joseph and Genevieve Nobles Sanders. He served his country with honor in the United States Air Force before retiring. Joe was a member of First Baptist Church in Horseshoe Bend, was a master Mason and a Shriner. Joe enjoyed the outdoors and loved to go camping and fishing.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jewell “Sissy” Sanders; his parents; stepson, Chris Vernon; brothers, Wayne and Danny Sanders; sister, Billie Brown; and stepgrandson, Tommy Warren.

Joe leaves five children and two stepchildren, Laurie and John Lasky of University Place, Wash., Lisa Bizzell of Braselton, Ga., Lynnette Fredricksen of Atlanta, Ga., Catherine and Trace Fitzer of Graham, Wash., Diana Young of Buford, Ga., Patricia Meyer of Conway and Jeff and Melissa Vernon of Jonesboro; one brother, Tommy Sanders of Pensacola, Fla.; one sister, Marie Pickering of Pensacola, Fla.; 10 grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and four step-great grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private. There will be a private family visitation. Following the State of Arkansas COVID-19 guidelines, no more than 50 people will be allowed to gather inside of Cobb Funeral Home and practice social distancing, keeping a 6-foot distance between one another. Face masks are required to enter the building and to be worn at all times. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.