Jerry "Cotton" Sanders

Jerry "Cotton" Sanders, 82, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Signature Health in Ridgely, Tennessee.

Born Friday, January 30, 1942, in McNairy County, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Harold "Dick" Sanders and the late Catherine Sweat Sanders. Mr. Sanders was an avid fisherman.

Cremation services for Mr. Sanders are under the direction of  Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.

Mr. Sanders is survived by one son, Kenneth Sanders of Dyersburg, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Kenneth Sanders (Cecily) of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Jeffrey Sanders (Hayley) of Ripley, Tennessee, Cheyanne Sanders of Dyersburg, Tennessee and Tiarra Ironshell of Newbern, Tennessee, eleven great-grandchildren; three brothers, Rickey Sanders of Dyersburg, Tennessee, J. R. Sanders of Dyersburg, Tennessee and Gene "Geno" Sanders of Memphis, Tennessee and one sister, Mary Sanders of Trimble, Tennessee.

In addition to her parents, he was preceded in death by one son Gerald Sanders; two brothers, Wayne "R. B." Sanders and Jimmy Dan Sanders and three sisters, Geraldine S. Anthony, Rachel Jo Henson and Pamela Doris Rogers.

Online condolences may be made to the family at johnsonwilliamsfuneralhome.com. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Jerry "Cotton" Sanders.

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