July 23, 1941 – September 28, 2024
Funeral services for Charles Gardner Sanders will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Pineville with Reverend Jeremy Shepherd officiating. Burial will follow in Mowata Baptist Church Cemetery, Mowata, LA.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and from 9:00 a.m. until shortly before the time of services on Wednesday in the funeral home.
Charles Gardner Sanders, 83, of Pineville, went to be with the Lord on September 28, 2024, in his residence.
He retired having achieved the rank of Major in the United States Air Force. He also retired from Central Louisiana Electric Company (CLECO). He was a longtime member, Sunday School teacher and deacon of Pineville Park Baptist Church. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club for over 40 years. He was a jack of all trades. He enjoyed hunting and traveling. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather that loved spending time with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Those left behind to cherish his memory include his wife of 41 years, Cynthia Ann Casselmann Sanders; children, Michael Livingston Sanders (Tara), Katherine Michelle Sanders Norris (Eddy), Terilynn Rankin (Randy), Traci Ann Strange (Scott), and Mark Walter Brown (Kathy); thirteen grandchildren, Charity Kubick (Clayton), Jennifer Sanders, Cathy Norris, Matthew Smith, Brandon Bairfield (Alyssa), Lauryn Brinson, Jacob Toler (Sadie), Megan Guillory (Jamie), Samuel Toler, Victoria Burge (Garrett), Katelyn Strange, Taylor Strange, and Hailey Strange; and eleven great-grandchildren.
His parents, Walter Gardner Sanders and Benny Martin Sanders; one sister, Linda Sue Sanders Richardson, and one grandchild, Jennifer Michelle Smith, preceded him in death.
Pallbearers will be Matthew Smith, Brandon Bairfield, Garrett Burge, Mike Little, Jamie Guillory, Dwayne Zaunbrecher, Jonathan Rockett, and Christopher Tucker.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Douglas Zaunbrecher, Kaden Cross, Bryson Bairfield, Connor Guillory, Cooper Guillory, Jesse Toler, and Eli Toler.
Memorial donations can be made in memory of Charles to Pineville Park Baptist Church, 2455 LA-28, Pineville, LA 71360.