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Marian Quindora Sanders

Marian Quindora Phillips Sanders of Valley Springs, Ark., passed away Nov. 23, 2014, after battling Alzheimer's disease for nearly 30 years. She was 80. She was born Nov. 13, 1934, in Snowball, Ark., and graduated from Marshall (Ark.) High School in 1951. She married Verl Sanders in 1953 and they moved to California, settling in Indio in 1964. She was an executive secretary before helping her husband start Verl G. Sanders Trucking in the late 1960s. In 1976, she returned to school, earning an Associate of Arts degree from College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif. She maintained a 4.0 GPA, played on the women's basketball team, and was named one of the college's Women of Distinction. She and Verl moved to Valley Springs in 1987 and she was active in several clubs and organizations. She was a member of Northvale Baptist Church in Harrison and the Harrison Ukulele Band. She also was involved with Baptist Woman's Missionary Union. She is survived by her husband, Verl, of Valley Springs; daughters, Susan Kim Sanders of Valley Springs and Carla Sanders Harrison of Upland, Calif.; son-in-law, Rick Harrison of Upland; granddaughter, Cali Quinn Harrison of Upland; step-granddaughter, Lindsey Harrison of Carson City, Nev.; brothers, Eual Phillips of Leslie, Ark., and Hubert Phillips of Harrison, Ark.; sister-in-law, Lyndell Phillips of California, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and one brother. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at First Baptist Church, Valley Springs. Burial will be private in Canaan Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Quindora's memory to: Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, Ill. 60601, or Woman's Missionary Union of Arkansas, WMU Foundation/AR –WMU TTT, 100 Missionary Ridge, Birmingham, Ala. 35242. Arrangements by Roller-Coffman Funeral Home in Marshall, Arkansas. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/marshall.

Published November 26, 2014

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