Tony Sanders

Tony Clifford Sanders, age 47 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at his home on August 8, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 14,2025 at the first Baptist church of Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, Oklahoma. Rev. Jaymeson Kennedy and Rev. Heath Sapp will officiate, and burial will follow at cedar Grove Cemetery in Francis, Oklahoma. The family will receive guests at the funeral home from 4:00pm until 7:00pm Wednesday evening.

He survived by his parents, Paul and Deana Sanders of Konawa; his daughter, Makenzie Sanders three grandkids his son Austin Smith and grandson Kash of Hugo, Oklahoma; two brothers, Tim Sanders and significant other Diane of Konawa, and Chris Crane of Muskogee, Oklahoma; three sisters, Tresa Alcorn and husband, Cole of Clinton, Tennessee, Kari Gentry and husband, Steven of Konawa, and Amanda Woodrum and husband, Michael of Ravia, Oklahoma; 3 kids he raised as his own, Tommy Lee, Cassie Vasquez, Dalton Phillips; and eighteen nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Cora Jackson and step-father, Tiny Jackson.