Marion Yvonne Sanders

Background

Sanders, Marion Yvonne was born on December 4, 1936 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Daughter of Ira Laurey and Maude Mae Cherry Sanders.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1959; Master of Science, Nova U., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1992.

Career

Staff nurse, Lantana (Florida) Tuberculosis Hospital, 1960-1961; staff nurse, Mercy Hospital, St. Petersburg, 1961; general duty nurse, VA, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1961-1962; staff nurse, John Andrews Hospital, Tuskegee, 1962-1963; general duty staff nurse, Brewster Methodist Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, 1963-1965; general duty staff nurse, Duval Medical Center, Jacksonville, 1965-1966; private duty nurse, District 2 Registry, Jacksonville, 1966-1970; supervisor, Eartha White Nursing Home, Jacksonville, 1970; staff nurse, Baptist Hospital, Jacksonville, 1971-1973; staff nurse, City-County Methadone Clinic, Jacksonville, 1976-1978; private duty nurse, Home Nursing, Jacksonville, 1982-1986; private duty geriatric nursing and gerontology specialist, Home Nursing, since 1995; private duty geriatric nursing and gerontology specialist, Senior Companion Svc. Corporation, 1997-1998. Respite and relief senior companion volunteer Urban Jacksonville Cathedral Foundation, since 1996.

Achievements

• Marion Yvonne Sanders has been listed as a noteworthy Geriatrics nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church, Jacksonville. Advocate for poor, homeless and prisoners. Volunteer shelter manager American Red Cross, Miami, Florida, 1992-1994.

Volunteer community activist, Miami, 1994. Volunteer Jacksonville Cmty.Rels. Board, 1996, Jacksonville Inc.

Cathederal Foundation, since 1997. Senior companion Svc. Corporation, 1997-1998.

Member Ideas for American's Future, 199798, Brewster's and Cmty. Nurses Alumni, 1998, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1997-1998. Volunteer Republican Partyof Florida, 1997, 98, Northside representative Club, 1997, 98, Republican National Committee, 1997.

Member Women's Missionary Society (life). Teacher bible studies for youth St. Stephen AME Church. Member ANA (member political action committees), Florida Nurses Association.

Interests

• Avocations: reading the Holy Bible, teaching Sunday school.

Connections

Children: Dwayne Irwin Parker, Princess Charrie Ferrette, Henry, Pelote.

Father:

Ira Laurey

Mother:

Maude Mae Cherry Sanders

child:

Dwayne Irwin Parker Sanders

child:

Princess Charrie Ferrette Sanders

child:

Pelote Sanders

child:

Henry Sanders