Funeral service for MSG (Retired) Oatis Sanders will be at 11:00 am Saturday, September 29, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Robert White, Bethel Church Of God In Christ, Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family will greet friends Friday, September 28, 2018 from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

Oatis Sanders, 83, Lawton, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at his home in Lawton.  He was born October 6, 1934 in Copiah County, Mississippi to Isaiah Sr. and Lillie Mae (Byrd) Sanders.  He was the third born of four children.  He married Ida Mae Scott on February 1, 1957 in Magnolia, Mississippi.  He joined the US Army, serving overseas tours in Germany and Vietnam, before retiring in June of 1977.  He then went to work for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., retiring from there in 1996.  Oatis was an Ordained Deacon of Cache Road Baptist Church from 1972 until 2017.  He enjoyed golfing, bowling, hiking, traveling, his CB handle was "Gingerbread Man", and spending time with his kids.

Survivors include his wife Ida Mae Sanders of the home, 2 sons; Harvey Oatis Sanders and Betty of Lawton, Oklahoma, Eldwyn Harvey and Ancharika of New Orleans, Louisiana, 2 daughters; Sandra Renee Sanders Brantley and Kristeena Sanders Bateman of Oklahoma City, 2 sisters; Casandra Johnson and Casandra Jones of St. Cloud, Minnesota, three nephews, Ronald Scott and his wife, Kimberly, of Lawton, Charles Hollins and Will Hollins, both of St. Cloud, Minnesota, niece, Kimbley Scott, of Newport News Virginia, great niece Tracy Denise Scott of Fort Worth, Texas, grandchildren; Nicole Adams of Fort Worth, Texas, Kelvin Davis of Lewisville, Texas, Reese Harvey of New Orleans, Louisiana, Jessica Baldwin of Lawton, Oklahoma, great grandchildren; Corneshia Jaquaila Moore, Cornella Shaquilia Moore, Cedric Earl Brown, Louis Nicholas Adams Scott, Lois Nicole Adams Scott, Abeni Davis, Tyshina Davis, Keontr'e Blue, Kavon Blue, Kirk Blue, and Kay Leohn Blue.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Isaiah Sanders, Jr. and Willam Jeffery Jones and his sister Isom Henry.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675-8517.