Obituary of Mae H. Sanders

Ms. Herbert Mae Huggins Sanders, 68, widow of Charles “Chuck” Edward Sanders, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born in Dillon, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Huggins and Beulah Gaddy Huggins. Mae was a kind spirit with a heart of gold. She never wavered from who she was and was always ready to help. She was a member of Walkers Chapel. Surviving are five sons, Jimmy Huggins, Dennis Sanders, Kenneth Sanders, Thomas Sanders and Marty Sanders all of Sumter; four sisters, Betty Thomas of Seattle, WA, Thelma McCoy of Sellersburg, IN, Joyce Del Rossa of Dresden, NY and Vivian Timm of Houston, TX; eight grandchildren, Pamela Lynn Sanders, Hunter Gage Sanders, Brittney Nicole Sanders, Jeffrey Timmons, Lisa Marie Sanders, Angelica Huggins, Jacob Campbell Sanders, and Katherine Byrd; two great-grandchildren, Liley Michelle Lopez Sanders and Rose Marie Lopez Sanders; a special niece, Vicky Garrison of Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Larry Huggins, Donald “Peanut” Huggins and Junior Huggins; a sister, Mary Kate Johnson. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Walkers Chapel with the Reverend Dr. Nathaniel “Nat” Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Friday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Walkers Chapel, 99 Walter Avenue, Sumter, SC 29153. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.