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The following Resolution was passed by the St. Louis Board of Alderman upon the occasion of Eddie Sanders death.
It expresses well the neighborhood’s sentiments toward the loss of Eddie.
He will be missed.
RESOLUTION NO. 12
WHEREAS, it was with a deep sense of sorrow that this Board of Aldermen learned this week of the untimely and tragic passing of Mr. Eddie Lee Sanders; and
WHEREAS, this good, decent, honorable man was born in St. Louis to the late Ben Sanders, Sr. and Malinda Gordon Sanders; and .
WHEREAS, Mr. Sanders proudly served his country in the United States Army, during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his courage in the Pacific Theater of Operations; and
WHEREAS, he was united in holy matrimony to Helen Dowdy Sanders for thirty-five wonderful years raising one daughter, Linda Sharon, two sons, Michael and Edward Nolen, and two step-sons, Tyrone and Glen Davis; and
WHEREAS, throughout his sixty-four years, Mr. Sanders served his City well as an active and valued leader of his Block Unit, Washington Heights, DeGiverville, Inc., the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council and the Twenty-Eighth (28th) Ward Regular Democrat Organization, as, well as, numerous other neighborhood groups and community projects; and
WHEREAS, this City is today a better place as a direct result of his personal efforts; and
WHEREAS, to his family, countless friends, and the many people that through the years were helped by his quiet acts of kindness, he shall be deeply missed.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Honorable Board of Aldermen meeting in regular session, now pauses in our deliberations for a moment of silence out of respect for the passing of one of our outstanding citizens, Mr. Eddie Lee Sanders, and hereby offer to the Sanders family this resolution as an expression of our profound sympathy and to commemorate his life of service to the community, as we instruct the Clerk of the Board to spread a copy of this Resolution over the permanent rolls of the Board of Aldermen toward the end that Eddie Lee Sanders may be forever honored and remembered by the City of Saint Louis.
Introduced this 6th day of May, 1988 by: Daniel J. McGuire, Alderman 28th Ward
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June 1988.
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