Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SANDERS, JOHNNY L. August 21, 2017
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News Star World - August 23, 2017
JOHNNY L. SANDERS


Funeral services for Dr. Johnny L. Sanders, 80, of Monroe, will be held at 2:00 
P.M., Thursday, August 24, 2017 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of 
West Monroe, Louisiana. Rev. Greg Dunn and Rev. Jimmy Furr will officiate. 
Interment will follow at Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens under the direction of 
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe. Johnny was born May 12, 1937 in Calhoun 
City, Mississippi and passed away on August 21, 2017 in Monroe.

He was a graduate of Mississippi College, New Orleans Baptist Theological 
Seminary and Luther Rice Seminary. After being licensed to the ministry in 
1956, he served as pastor for churches in Mississippi until moving to Louisiana 
in 1965. He spent over fifty years of ministry as the pastor of three churches 
in northeast Louisiana, until his retirement in 2016. He was also active with 
local Southern Baptist associations and the Louisiana Baptist Convention. He 
served for two terms as a trustee for the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home and 
two terms on the board of Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist 
Convention. Throughout his ministry, he worked tirelessly to research and study 
materials to produce Bible studies designed to aid church members and other 
pastors in their study of God's Word.

Johnny is survived by his wife of 55 years, Rebecca Sanders, and his son and 
daughter-in-law, John and Robin Sanders and their children, Abigail and Jacob. 
He is also survived by his brothers, James Sanders and wife, Carolyn, Mike 
Sanders and wife, Susan, and his sister, Linda Furr and husband, Jimmy, as well 
as several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son, Mark 
Sanders, and his parents, Joe and Claudine Sanders.

Donations may be made in Johnny's name to the Louisiana Baptist Children's 
Home, 7200 Desiard Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71203.

Pallbearers will be Todd Turner, Tim Sharplin, Nicholas Turner, David Hammett, 
Michael Wallace and Mike Morris; honorary pallbearer, Mack Powell.

Visitation will be held 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 23, 2017 
at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA

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