Beulah Cornett Sanders, age 98, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 18, 2025.  Beulah was born September 15, 1926, in Beaver Dam, NC to Burlie and Ida Waters Cornett.

She was known as mama, granny, great-granny, great-great-granny and Big Granny.  For many years she loved to grow a garden, canning and quilting.  Everyone that knew her knew she loved to sit and rock on the front porch.  She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for 80 plus years.

She is survived by daughter Joyce Hartzog and husband Basil; son Johnny Sanders and wife Debbie; and daughter Lori Candler.  She is also survived by 2 daughters-in-law, Brenda Sanders and JoAnn Sanders and a son-in-law, Casey Carroll along with grandchildren, Shelda Townsend, Sherry Setzer and husband Aaron, Sonya Gray and husband Mark, Charlie Carroll and wife Shannon, Dawn Sturgill and husband Greeley and Lydia Townsend and husband Joey.  Her great-grandchildren are Tiffani Walls, Christopher Green and wife Brittany, Brooklin Carroll, Calvin Sanders, Noah Gray, Logan Sturgill, Daniel Sanders, Trenton Sanders, Bryson Carroll, Lindsey Sturgill, Hunter Townsend, Layla Townsend and 2 great-great-grandchildren, Braiden and Corbin Green.  Beulah is also survived by her sisters, Marie Calloway, Rebecca Poncil, Rachel Hayden and husband Bill, and Lois Houck and husband Jerry.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Burlie and Ida Cornett; her husband Frank Sanders; children, David Sanders, Larry Sanders, Aretta Carroll, Lois Townsend and husband Commie Lee and grandchildren, Jonathan Sanders, Tonnia Sanders and great-great-grandchild Holden Green and 2 brothers, Don and Boyd Cornett and sister, Edna Hodges.

Funeral Services for Beulah will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Pastor Allan Perry, Pastor Derick Wilson and Pastor Herbert McCoy officiating.  Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM prior to the service.

Flowers are appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 1564 Silverstone Rd, Zionville, NC 28698.

Online condolences may be sent the Sanders Family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral Service of Boone is in charge of the arrangements.