Pochya Sanders, 55, of Lake Park, GA, passed on Friday, June 26, 2026 in Lake Park, GA.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. EST on Friday, July 3, 2026 in the C.T. Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Apostle Melvin Shorter, Jr., officiating. Burial to follow at Evergreen Memorial Park, Columbus, GA. Public viewing will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 2, 2026

Pochya Dee Sanders began her journey of life on January 5, 1971, in Cochran, Georgia, to JoAnn Mifflin Lawrence and Eula Verne Farrow. She departed this earthly home for her heavenly home on Friday, June 26, 2026, at South Georgia Hospice Center (SGMC) in Valdosta, Georgia.

In her later years, Pochya attended Peach County High School and later Fort Valley State University. She worked numerous jobs in Communication and Customer Service until she became ill in 2024. She fought a long battle until her Heavenly Father called her home.

Pochya was preceded in death by her son, Cedric Jamal Mifflin; maternal grandmother, Doris Brown; maternal great-grandparents, Luther and Catherine Vickers; and paternal grandmother, Arlene Ingram.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories her husband, Lemmule Sanders; three daughters, Chelsea Nicole Mifflin, Jakayla Lenise Sanders, and Saisha Sanders; one granddaughter, Shaynecea Mskissic; her mother, JoAnn Lawrence, and stepfather, Isaac Lawrence; her sister, Ashlei Smith; mother-in-law, Selair Copeland; father-in-law, Curtis Copeland; two brothers-in-law, Tracy Wilkerson and Nicholas Smith; a host of nieces and nephews; and many relatives and friends. She will deeply be missed.