David Allen Sanders

July 1, 1950 - August 24, 2015

Mr. David Allen Sanders, 65, of Trumann died Monday, August 24, 2015 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in Kennett, Missouri and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a police officer for the City of Trumann and City of Little Rock and a deputy sheriff for Crittenden County. He was a Army Veteran of Vietnam War and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Sanders was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Roberson Ethdridge; father, Roy Sanders and step-father, Woody Woodliff and one brother, Dennis Sanders. He is survived by his wife, Dianna Meridith Sanders of the home; three sons, Joey Sanders and wife Lisa and Joshua Sanders both of Proctor, Ark., and Kiley Sanders and wife Sherry of Bryant, Ark.; three step-daughters, Teresa Cetinkaya of Trumann, Ark., Judy Smith of Lake City, Ark., and Jamie Hill of Venice Beach, Calif; step-father, Fred Ethdridge of Kennett, Mo.; two brothers, Rich Sanders of Bryant, Ark. and Danny Sanders of Benton, Ark.; one sister, Brenda Taylor and husband Bill of Sherwood, Ark.; one step-sister, Kathy Franks of Lake Placid, Fla., and thirteen grandchildren. All service will be announced by the family at a later date. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.