Eddie Lee Sanders

Published 5:00 am Monday, August 4, 2003

Services for Eddie Lee Sanders of Brookhaven are 2 p.m. Monday,Aug. 4, at Emmanuel Temple with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday, Aug. 3, from noon to 5 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary and Monday, Aug. 4, from 1-2 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Sanders, 35, died July 31, 2003, at the University ofMississippi Medical Center. He was born in Jackson on Feb. 15,1968, to Alex and Epsie Mae Sanders of Brookhaven.

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He was disabled. He was a member of Membug Emmanuel Temple. Hewas a 1987 graduate of Brookhaven High School.

Preceding him in death were his sisters, Priscilla Ann Portisand Annie Bee Portis.

Survivors are his parents; grandmother, Annie Mae Gatlin ofBrooklyn, N.Y.; brothers, Anthony Portis, Alex Sanders III andJerry Sanders, all of Brookhaven; sisters, Arie Marie Brumfield,Shirley Marie Scarbough and Evelyn Delos Smith, all of Brookhaven;and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Williams Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.