Mary was born in Hazlehurst, Georgia on Sunday, May 14, 1933, to the
parentage of the lae Willie Sanders and Matilda Henry. Mary spent years
in New York before moving to Florida. She was of of 13 children. She was
married to the late James (Jay) Korneygay. Together they had one child
Mary L. (Pennie) Kornegay.
Mary departed this life on Friday, June 19, 2020 at the Courtyards of
Orlando; in Orlando, Fl. She was preceded in death by her parents Willie
Sanders and Matilda Henry, husband, James (Jay) Kornegay,
granddaughter, Cynthia Kornegay. Sisters, Lola McDuffie, Ophelia Brody,
Elizabeth Conaway, and Earleen Sanders. Brothers, J.T. Henry, Clarance
Henry, Thomas Henry, Roberty Henry, Early Sanders, Wilbert Sanders,
and Mitchell Lee Sanders.
She leaves to cherish daughter, Mary L. (Thomas) Campbell, DeLand, FL,
Grandson Ingraham (Tiffany) Ibrahim, Orlando, FL. Three grandsons
Justin (JT) Ibrahim, Elijah (Eli) Ibrahim, and Ayden (AA) Ibrahim, all of
Orlando, FL. And brother Charles Sanders, of Hazlehurst, GA.. A host of
nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great nieces and
nephews; and friends and family that will always remember her as none
other than, "Santa Claus."
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