87 year old Benton McMillin Sanders, Jr. of Smithville died Saturday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The funeral will be Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bill Robertson will officiate and burial will be in Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Benton, Sr. and Maggie Martin Sanders.; one son, Jerry Sanders; one sister, Imogene Harden; and two brothers, Carl M. and Franklin P. Sanders. Survivors include his wife, Violet Hooper Sanders of Smithville. Two sisters, Willene Sanders Finley of Sparta and Bessie Sanders Ray of Florida. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. .
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