Carrie “Granny” Sharp Sanders of Sharps Chapel was blessed with 95 years, she started her eternity in Heaven on Monday, March 13, 2017. She was a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Preceded in death by parents, Charles and Relda Sharp; husband, John Sanders; son, Raymond Sanders; grandson, Rick Brantley.

Survived by sons, Don (Sue) Sanders, Bobby (Carolyn) Sanders, Seymour; John Sanders, Maynardville; daughters, Louise (Harold) Brantley, Barbara (Hershel) Dyke, all of Sharps Chapel, Linda (Mike) Lane, Seymour, Betty Sanders, Sharps Chapel. Daughter-in-law, Anna Mae Sanders, Maynardville. 16 Grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017 with funeral service to follow at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Cooke-Campbell Mortuary Chapel, Rev. Greg Sharp officiating. Interment 11 a.m. Thursday, March 16, 2017, Pleasant View Cemetery, Maynardville. Pallbearers: Grandsons. Arrangements by Cooke-Campbell Mortuary, Maynardville.