Obituary: George Henry Saunders
Source: The Daily Progress, Sunday, October 5, 2003
Contributor: Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  George Henry (Jack) Saunders, 83, of Lovingston died Friday Oct. 3, 2003, 
at the Lovingston Health Care Center.
  Born Aug. 26, 1920, at Schuyler (Nelson Co.) he was a son of the late 
Frank Leslie Saunders and Mildred Roberts Saunders.
  He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Maria Purvis Saunders, and 
his brother, Massie Edward Saunders.
  Jack was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Lovingston, a U.S. Navy 
Veteran of WW II and the Korean Conflict and later retired a chief dispatcher 
from the Southern Railroad with over twenty years of service. He then excepted 
the position of chief deputy with the Nelson County Sheriffs Dept. and also 
served as dispatcher during his tenure. He was also a former employee of the 
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative and served as civil defense coordinator 
for Nelson County. Jack was an avid sportsman and excelled in the game of Pool 
as well as hunting and fishing and was a member of V.F.W. Post # 7701 of Colleen.
  He is survived by his children, Trudy S. Helms of Sterling, Sue S. Johnson and 
husband, Frank, of Lovingston and Samuel Clay (Sam) Saunders and wife, Peggy, 
of Shipman. His brother, Frank I. (Billy) Saunders of Lovingston, two sisters, 
Marionette (Sandy) Thornton and husband, Ed, of Richmond and Thelma S. Gray of 
Sharon, Pa.; along with nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
  A funeral service will be held Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, at 2 p.m. from Calvary 
Baptist Church with Rev. John P. Campbell officiating with Interment in Mountain 
View Cemetery in Lovingston. Military Rites will be accorded at the graveside by 
V.F.W. Post # 7701 of Colleen.
  The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7-9 p.m. and 
suggest that Memorials take the form of contributions to the building fund of 
Calvary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 264, Lovingston, Va. 22949 or Nelson Co. Rescue 
Squad, P.O. Box 44, Faber, Va. 22938.
  Arrangements by Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston (434-263-4097)


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