Versie Lee Cotton Sanders, 97, peacefully transitioned on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She was born on August 22, 1926, in Clayton, Alabama, to the late Jesse Cotton Sr. and Jamcie Hightower Cotton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maynardie Sanders; brother, James Henry Cotton; sister, Bennie Mae Cotton, and grandsons, Thomas Jackson and Keith Sims.

Versie was dedicated and hardworking; she spent her entire career working at various hosiery mills. Unfortunately, all her employers eventually shut down. She retired from Rice Hosiery in 1992. In her leisure time, she enjoyed spending quality time with her family, traveling, reading, and solving crossword puzzles and word searches. She loved watching her favorite TV shows, Andy Griffith, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy. Versie was also a fantastic cook and took immense pride in her culinary skills. Her church family and pastor were an essential part of her life, and she cherished the time she spent with them.

Versie leaves to cherish her memories seven sons and six daughters: James Cotton (Dianna), Gregory Cotton, Samuel Sanders (Tammy), all of High Point, NC, Kenneth Sanders (Beverly), Christopher (aka Tony) Sanders of Raleigh, NC, Reginald Sanders of Duluth, Georgia, Jasper Sanders (Teresa) of Fayetteville, NC, Magdalene Sanders Jackson and Faye Sanders of Charlotte, NC, Anna Lou Sims of York, SC, Jessie Mae Simmons of Rochester, NY, Emma Grady (Milton) and Jacquelene McCallum (Maurice) both of High Point. She leaves thirty-one grandchildren, fifty-five great-grandchildren, and eighteen great-great-grandchildren. She also leaves five brothers and four sisters: Mary Lee Scott, Lillian Robinson, Lula Cox, Havanah Bailey, Timothy Cotton, Linair Cotton, Jessie Cotton, William Cotton (Michelle), and Donald Cotton (Johnetta); She also leaves a special cousin, like a sister, Virginia Stevenson, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

During her two-year stay at Shannon Gray Rehabilitation Center, she was blessed with two wonderful roommates, Ms. Eva Massey and Mrs. Opal Furr.

Funeral service will be held Friday, March 22, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Road. Interment will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens. The family will receive friends at the church from 10:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Per the family, please send potted plants.

Final arrangements are entrusted to Phillips Funeral Service, Inc.