FRANKLIN
Alma Fay Sanders Whittenbarger moved to the family estate in heaven to be with her Lord and Savior on August 3, 2024 at the age of 88 where she is making preparations to receive the members of her family.
Fay was born in Harriman, Tennessee on May 29, 1936. She is the daughter of Jessie Cleave Sanders and Nina Marie (Wright) Sanders.
Fay was saved and baptized on July 31, 1949 at Riverside Baptist Church, Harriman where she graduated high school in 1955.
Fay married Troy Lee Whittenbarger on September 19, 1954 in Walker County, Georgia. Together they have five children, Pam Essex (husband, John), Terry Whittenbarger, (wife, Dee), Sherry Pearson (husband, Joe), Richard Whittenbarger, (wife, Toni) and Nina Alle (husband, Dan).
Eventually she will be joined at the heavenly estate by her children, ten grandchildren, five great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Troy of 51 years, her daughter-in-law Marty Whittenbarger, her parents, her brother JC Sanders and two sisters Jean Mullins and Carolyn Harper.
Fay was a stay at home wife, except for short periods of time when she would work to help with the family income.
She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Franklin, Indiana and attended Hope’s Point Baptist in Shelbyville before moving to Franklin.
She loved her Lord and Savior Jesus and invites all her friends to visit her in her new home.
Funeral Service will be at Flinn and Maguire Funeral Home, led by Reverend Dr. Nick Coulston (grandson-in-law), Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. with Visitation on Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. to time of service at the funeral home.
Internment will be at First Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Franklin, Indiana.
