Graveside services for Gary Ward Sanders, 51, of Verden, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Friendship Cemetery located near Pocasset, Oklahoma.
Gary Ward Sanders was born February 15, 1967 in Woodland, California, the son of Charles William Sanders and Ruby Nell (Blyze) Sanders. He died Saturday, November 17, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Gary grew up in the Pocasset, Oklahoma area. He attended elementary school at Verden and then attended school in Pocasset.
As a young man, he started driving trucks in long haul trucking. He enjoyed tinkering and fixing things and was a “jack-of-all-trades”.
Gary was preceded in death by his father and step-mother Charles and Barbara Sanders, brother Danny Sanders and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Survivors include his mother Ruby Sanders of Oregon; sisters Connie Dewberry of Oregon and Peggy Kile of Chickasha; girlfriend Tina Douglas of Chickasha; cousins Earl Williams and CR Williams; friends Patsy Hill, Clark Von Tungeln, John Kebert and Terry Farmer; nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.
Services are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.