TITLE:  Charles Sanders

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 27, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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SANDERS, Charles
GEORGETOWN - Rev. Charles Winford Sanders, 72, died Monday, June 25, 
2001, in a Charleston hospital. Rev. Sanders was born in Anderson 
County on November 18, 1928, a son of the late James P. and Robie 
Watson Sanders. He was a graduate of Anderson High School and attended 
Bible College in Mauldin. Rev. Sanders worked for a time at a 
restaurant and a textile mill in Anderson. In 1958, he began his 
ministry with the Lee Shoals Church of God. Rev. Sanders was also 
pastor of North Augusta Church of God, Georgetown Church of God, and 
retired from Goose Creek Church of God in 1999. After returning to 
Georgetown to live, he continued to be active in the work of the Church
of God. During his ministry, Rev. Sanders ran revivals for the Sioux 
Indians in South Dakota. He was responsible for ht organization of a 
number of new churches including Six Mile Crossing Church of God in 
Georgetown County, Holy Temple in Murrells Inlet, Stall Road Church of 
God and Carnes Road Church of God, both in Moncks Corner. Rev. Sanders 
served on the Church of God State Council, Home for Children Board, 
and the Church of God Evangelism Board. Surviving are, his wife, Lillie
Mae Arnold Sanders of Georgetown; three daughters, Beth Oxford and her 
husband, John of Sevierville, Tenn., Diane Robinson and her husband, 
Steve of North Augusta, and Debbie Kirkland, and her husband James of 
Grovetown, Ga.; a son, Charles W. Sanders, Jr., and his wife, Melissa, 
of Georgetown; a brother, Benny "Bud" Sanders of Palm Beach, Fla.; two 
sisters, Betty Clark of Starr and Brenda Jancen of Anderson; nine 
grandchildren, Johnna Beth Green and her husband Dickie, Amanda Oxford,
Melinda Ogle, Jeff Adams and his wife Janet, Nathan Adams and his wife 
Pamela, Annette Greene and her husband Freddie, James Adams and his 
wife, Jamie, Joseph Kirkland and his wife Amy and Ben Sanders; seven 
great-grandchildren, Jeffrey Adams, Aaron Adams, Jordan Adams, Dylan 
Ogle, Joshua Greene, Paigelyn Adams, and Pearson Adams. He was 
predeceased by two grandchildren, John John Oxford and James Oxford.
Funeral services will be Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in Georgetown 
Church of God. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Harold Downing, the 
Rev. Wilton Scruggs, and the Rev. Bobby Wynn. Burial will follow in 
Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Georgetown 
Chapel of MAYER FUNERAL HOME. The family will receive friends at the 
Georgetown Church of God from 12 o'clock noon until 9 o'clock, 
Wednesday. (The Post and Courier June 27, 2001)
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