Funeral services for Mr. Jim Sanders will be held at 11:00am on Monday, August 17, 2026, in the Wade Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Sanders, age 72, passed away from this life on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in Hattiesburg. Reverend Steve Wade will officiate and interment will follow in the Lone Star Cemetery.

Wade Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be Mitch McRaney, Bobby Clark, Derek Clark, Brock Hudson, Josh Pitts, and J.B. Pitts.

James David "Jim" Sanders was born on May 27, 1954, in Collins to Elizabeth Belle Jones Sanders and Charles Eugene Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He had formerly worked at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, was a school bus driver, and more recently procured and delivered milk samples for dairies across the southeastern region. Mr. Sanders was a member of Centerville Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Elizabeth and Charles Sanders.

Survivors include his son, Paul David "P.D. Sanders and his wife Kim of Soso; his daughter, Ashlee Elizabeth Sanders of Collins; his sister, Rita Lynne Sanders of Collins; 8 grandchildren, Ansley Grace Sanders, Faith Elizabeth Sanders, Layken Pitts, Sadie Belle Sanders, Eli Braxton Sanders, Kayla Ezell, Cole Maskew, and Caden Jones; and 4 great-grandchildren, Brylee Maskew, Delton Ezell, Sawyer Maskew, and Tagan Maskew; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Monday, August 17, 2026, from 9:30am to 11:00am at Wade Funeral Home.