Sara Virginia Minchew Sanks Kirchharr, 79, a native of Gateswood and a resident of Bay Minette, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Southern Oaks Assisted Living in Bay Minette.
She was a bookkeeper and accounts clerk with International Paper Company.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Sullivan Sanks Jr. and Emmons Agee Kirchharr; son, Tony Curtis Sanks; brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three children, Jim Sanks of Alexandria, La., Sally Sanks (Jim) McDonald of Birmingham and Cherry Sanks (Joe) Penn of Bay Minette; six grandchildren, James Michael Sanks, Katherine Marisa Sanks Lee, Tony Sanks Jr., Richard Todd Pitts, Frances Danielle Hamilton and Gerald Sullivan Duck; and eight great-grandchildren, Naomi Sanks, Abrham Sanks, Karter Lee, Kenzie Lee, Samantha Pitts, Gregory Pitts, Tre Carlisle and Ian Hamilton.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 14 from the chapel of Norris Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Creps officiating. Burial followd at Bay Minette Cemetery. Pallbearers were Danny Smith, Robert Branum, Stanley Gordon, Andrew Rolin, Jim Lewis and Everett Minchew.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Grace Fellowship Assembly of God Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 322, Bay Minette, AL 36507.
