SANDERS, James Parvin (Jim)

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 09/24/2013 James Parvin Sanders Jim Sanders passed away Sept. 20, 2013, in Mapleton, Utah, from cancer. He was born Aug 31, 1928, in Thornberg, Perry, Ark., to Aurther Allen Sanders and Susie Weaver. Jim married Joie Belle Johns June 29, 1950, in Stockton, Calif. He joined the Air Force and served 20 years. His military tours took him to Japan, the Philippines and three tours to Vietnam. Jim and Joie also owned and operated an orthodontic lab in Livermore, Calif., for 15 years. Jim and Joie have three married daughters, Connie and John Becker of Livermore, Calif., Jackie and Mike Roberts of Silver Springs, Nev., and Susan and Kim Skinner of Mapleton, Utah; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Jim and Joie just celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in June with their large extended family. Jim has a love of God, family, country and fishing. Jim’s love of fishing was such, wherever his family lived, he would search out and find the best fishing, whether it was fly fishing, lake or ocean. Jim never knew a stranger; everyone was his friend. Jim’s great grandma Nancy Sophronia Huff was one of the 17 survivors of the Mountain Meadows massacre that occurred Sept. 11, 1857. Jim and Joie were sealed in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple with their three daughters. Jim is survived by his wife, Joie; three daughters and brother Gene Douglas Sanders of Colorado. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, brother Kenneth, sister Gretta and brother Curtis Randolf. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the LDS Chapel, 31 W. Maple St., Mapleton, UT 84664. A viewing will be held at 10 a.m. the same day in the Relief Society room after the luncheon. Burial will be held at the Veterans Cemetery at 17111 S. Camp Williams Road, Bluffdale, UT 84065.