Jewel Alvin Sanders

Mr. Jewel Alvin Sanders, 88, died Monday, April 27, 2015, at his home in Noxapater, MS. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, April 30th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jay Murphy officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 11:00 A.M. until the service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Noxapater. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


Mr. Sanders was born June 3, 1926, in Louisville, MS. He was a retired material handler for Taylor Machine Works, and a member of Noxapater Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Jefferson Sanders and Phronie Sullivan Sanders; four brothers, Jeff Sanders, Coy Len Sanders, James Ivy Sanders, and Marvin Roger Sanders; and four sisters, Hilda Yarbrough, Lessie Watkins, Lonie Oglesby, and Beatrice Slaton. .

He is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital