Gary M. Sanders Jr.
Phoenix, AZ
March 24, 1980-Jan. 8, 2013
Funeral service for Gary M. "JR" Sanders jr., 32, will be at noon, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at the Gallup Christian Center in Gallup. Robert Aguilar will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial. Visitation will be at 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Cope Memorial Chapel.
Sanders died Jan. 8, 2013, in Phoenix. He was born March 24, 1980, in Gallup.
Sanders graduated from the University of New Mexico in Los Alamos in 2003. He loved his daughter and worked as a mechanic. Sanders was a Raiders fan, loved God, fishing, snowboarding, four wheeling, racing and playing basketball.
Survivors include his daughter Rhea A. Sanders of Albuquerque; parents Gary M. Sanders and Cynthia C. Sanders of Jamestown; brother Daniel Sanders of Jamestown; sister Geri Hughbanks of Gallup and grandparents Oralia "Rollie" Pacheco and Kayo Pacheco of Gallup. He was preceded in death by his grandparent Jerry C. Sanders.
Pallbearers will be Michael Sanders, Nicholas Sanders, Daniel Sanders, Kenneth Luna, Ernie Santiago, Jerico Devlin, Matthew Hughbanks James Sinnott, Larry Sinnott, Pat Sanders, Terry Sanders, and Jerry Wayne Sanders.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Gallup Community Center.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup is in charge of arrangements.