Johnnie Dauster Sanders

Johnnie Dauster Sanders, a resident of Newton, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at his residence. He was 86 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 4 pm on Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Chancellor and Eddie Hill officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 3-4 pm.

Mr. Sanders was born on October 8, 1934, in Houston County to the late Johnnie and Lovie Gilley Sanders. He lived the early years of his life in Wicksburg and following high school he joined the US Army. Mr. Sanders moved back to the Wiregrass area in 1965 and was employed with the aluminum plant in Enterprise, the Houston Propane Company in Dothan, and started Bama Pest Control. He later was employed full time with Civil Service in helicopter maintenance at Ft. Rucker and also with the Federal Court House with Security. Mr. Sanders was known as a real prankster, always joking around with family and friends. He was a loving and an incredibly involved father and grandfather, spending every minute he could with his family. His wife often referred to him as “baby runner” because she could always count on him to pick up and care for the children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Sanders; his children, Kirk (Jeanne) Sanders, Delbert (Renee) Sanders, Vann (Wendy) Shiver, Scott Shiver, and Michael Shiver; his 13 grandchildren; his 8 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Roger Sanders, Milan Sanders, Carl Sanders, and Richard Wells; his sister, Mary Ann Hatcher; and several nieces and nephews also survive.

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