Dorothy Nell Sanders

Franklin - Dorothy Nell Pannell Sanders, 82, of Lake Emory Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday June 12, 2010 in an Asheville Hospital. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Harrison and Mabel McGaha Pannell. She was married to Wiley J. Sanders who passed away in 1988. She was a homemaker and a member of East Franklin Baptist Church. She loved gardening and flowers.

She is survived by her daughter, Juanita Doris Solesbee and husband Bill, of Franklin, NC; two sons, Vance Todd Sanders of Estill Springs, TN and Victor Lee Sanders of Franklin, NC; one sister, Marilee Mashburn of Franklin, NC; three grandchildren, Janet Solesbee of Spartanburg, SC, Ronald Solesbee of Franklin, NC; and Joshua Sanders of Manitowoc, WI; four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren also survive. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Elenor M. Duvall, Bonnie Hayes, Helen Greene and Edna Sanders and one brother, Ernest S. "Bill" Pannell.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 15 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Dryman officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 15, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, one hour prior to the service at Bryant Grant Funeral Home.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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