Mrs. Bernell Baker Sanders, 86, passed away on September 20, 2022.
Bernell was born in 1936 in Sylacauga, AL to the late Freddie and Maggie Kelly Wilson.
She relocated to Sylvania in 1982 and was a member of Greenhill Baptist Church and later in life was a member of the Little Ogeechee Baptist Church.
She worked as an Assistant Cashier at the Bank of Newington until her retirement in 1998, the same year she married her husband John William “Billy” Sanders.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Joe Leonard Baker, second husband, “Billy” Sanders, and brothers, James A. Wilson and Gene Wilson.
She is survived by her children, Wayne (Tonya) Baker of Port Wentworth, GA, Joe Lee (Lisa) Baker, and John Scott Sanders, both of Sylvania, a daughter, Melissa Mason of Titusville, FL, grandchildren, Corey Baker, Joe Neal Baker, both of Port Wentworth, Tori Sanders and John Scott Sanders, Paige Smith, all of Newington, and Geneva K. (James) Stafford of Savannah.
Memorial services will be held on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 2:00pm at the Joiner Anderson Screven Chapel with Rev. Vernon Edenfield officiating. Interment will follow in the Newington City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the cemetery following the service.
Arrangements entrusted to Joiner Anderson Funeral Home
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sheppard Center at https://www.shepherd.org/giving/charitable-giving, or the Little Ogeechee Baptist Church, c/o Vernon Edenfield, 8171 Effingham Hwy., Newington, GA 30446.
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