90 year old Violet Hooper Sanders of Smithville died Tuesday at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a retired housekeeper at DeKalb Hospital and a member of the Allen’s Chapel Methodist Church. The funeral will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bill Robertson will officiate and burial will be in Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 11:00 a.m. until the service at 1:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, Benton Sanders; a son, Jerry Sanders; parents, Abb and Eliza Ashburn Hooper; and three brothers, Herman, Lonnie, and Thurman Hooper. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Wilma Hooper of Kansas and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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