Gerald L. Sanders

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 3:00 PM Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Dale Meadows, Church of Christ minister, officiating. The Pampa Fine Arts Association will hold a "Celebration of Life" service for Mr. Sanders at 4:30 PM Tuesday at the M. K. Brown Room of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Sanders was born July 17, 1927 in Krum, Texas and had been a resident of Pampa since 1951. He married Juanita Robertson on June 28, 1948 in Weatherford, Texas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, serving during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone for 35 years, retiring in 1978. Mr. Sanders was a local artist, specializing in bronze sculpture. One of his major accomplishments was the "Passing of Honor," a national monument sculpture for the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. In 1982, his art work, "After the Storm," appeared on the cover of the Southwestern Bell magazine, and, in 1984, he was invited by Southwest Art Magazine to show at Chatsworth Castle in England. He sculpted "Grandfather's Vision" which is located in Dr. Von E. Brunow Park in downtown Pampa. Mr. Sanders was a member of the Pampa Fine Arts Association, Amarillo Fine Arts Association, the Cowboy Artists Association, and he was a recipient of two Golden Nail Awards. He was a Christian man who touched the lives of all who knew him, and his legacy will live through his artwork. He was preceded in death by his parents, Opal and Frank Sanders, and by a sister, Memory Washim.SURVIVORS: Wife: Juanita Sanders of the home; 2 daughters: Scena Snider and husband Victor of Amarillo and Starla Tracy and husband Harry of Pampa; 1 son: Sonny Sanders of Amarillo; 4 grandchildren: Jeffrey Snider; Jeremy Tracy and wife Shelli; Amanda Griffith and husband Stuart; and Julie Carreon and husband Fred; and by 2 great grandchildren, Chazden Tracy and Cidney Tracy.MEMORIALS: Pampa Fine Arts Association, P. O. Box 818, Pampa, TX 79066 or BSA Hospice, Olivia's Angels, P. O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79106.SPECIAL NOTICE: The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM Monday at the funeral home.