Mrs. Linda Sanders Walters, age 77, of Ridgeland Drive in Sandersville peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Friday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sisters Baptist Church of Sandersville. Reverend Kevin Carter will officiate. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 5 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home of Sandersville.
Mrs. Walters was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the daughter of the late John Sanders and the late Lucy Pounds Sanders. She was a 1965 graduate of the Washington County High School. Linda then began her working career as a Purchasing Agent with Washington Manufacturing Company before employment with Meeks Tractor Company in Inventory Management. Mrs. Walters was a longtime member of the Sisters Baptist Church, and active participant in the Church Woman’s Missionary Union. She was an avid reader and enjoyed to bake. In retirement, Linda and her husband loved to travel near and far on their motorcycle – one of her final trips across country on their trike to dip her toes in the Pacific Ocean. Above all, Mrs. Walters cherished her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Mack Walters; daughter, Karen “Kay” W. VonHoven and husband Chad of Alpharetta; grandchildren, Kathryn B. Rainey of Braselton, Kasie B. Tanner and husband Benjamin of Eatonton, and Ryan VonHoven of Alpharetta; great-grandchildren, Landon Rainey, Jeffrey Rainey, Elijah Tanner, Luke Tanner, and Thomas Tanner; and siblings, Grady Sanders and wife Bertha of Sandersville, Marie S. Keyton and husband Sammy of Wrightsville, and John Alan Sanders of Sandersville.
Donations may be made to the Heritage Inn Nursing Home Resident Activities Fund, 652 Ferncrest Drive, Sandersville Georgia 31082 or to the Sisters Baptist Church, 1807 East McCarty Street, Sandersville Georgia 31082.
Online condolences may be expressed at mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com.
May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.