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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Elizabeth
Sanford
February 11, 1937 – December 26, 2024
Mrs. Elizabeth Comrie Sanford, 87, of Carrollton, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024 at her residence. She was born February 11, 1937 in Nottingham, England to Ronald and Gladys Gaunt Stacey. Elizabeth worked for many years as an LPN at the Care Inn in Greenwood. She enjoyed knitting, reading and collecting tea pots and cups. She was a devout Episcopalian.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, January 2, 2025 at McKibben & Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with Rev. Duncan Hill and Bro. Ken Salley officiating. Interment will follow in the Bethel Cemetery in Carroll County. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Thursday at McKibben and Guinn.
Survivors include her husband, James A. Sanford; two sons, Andrew J. Sanford and Edward A. Sanford, both of Carrollton; two sisters, Brenda Poiner and Vicky Oswin, both of Leicestershire, England; one brother, Robert Stacey of England; three granddaughters, Beth Hood of Grenada, Stacey Sanford of Oxford and Emma Sanford of Dallas, TX; three grandsons, Jerry Bishop of Grenada, Matt Sanford of South Carolina and Sean Sanford of Carrollton; four great-granddaughters, Baliegh Hood and Averi Hood of Grenada and Gemma and Eliza Bishop of Tupelo; and two great-grandsons, Tucker Hood of Grenada and Nico D'Emiddo of Oxford.
Mrs. Sanford is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Louise E. Sanford ; son, Robert L. Sanford and a brother, Danny Stacey.
Kenny Hood, George King, Johnny King, Sean Sanford, Jamie Truelove and Neil Young will honor Elizabeth by serving as pallbearers and carry her to rest in the Bethel Cemetery. Edward Sanford will serve as an honorary pallbearer.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).
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