Elizabeth Anne Sanders
Elizabeth Anne Sanders of Seattle, Washington, died on October 2, 2025 after battling dementia and other health complications. She is the daughter of the late Harvey Wade Sanders and Ellen Williams Sanders formerly of Nashville, Tennessee. She is survived by her sister, Martha Sanders Gennett of Pompano Beach, Florida, her beloved step daughter Jaimee Cornwell, and her former husband, Lewis William Cornwell both of Seattle, Washington. as well as numerous cousins from the Sanders family in Nashville and other cousins from her Mother•s relatives, Millie Farmer Hightower of Oklahoma City, Bill Farmer of Dallas, Texas, and Ted Farmer of Atlanta, Georgia.
Anne grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where she attended Harpeth Hall School. She was President of the President’s Council, President of the Athletic Association, Honor Society, and winner of the Science Award her senior year in 1968. She was also a member of the Art Club, a woman of varied interests. She later attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts which is one of the oldest members of the Seven Sisters colleges. She graduated 1972 with a Major in Art.
In her late 20’s Anne relocated to Seattle and became interested in real estate. Her longest tenure was with Lake and Company where she met her husband, Lewis Cornwell. They enjoyed working together, purchasing rental property as well as looking for farmland in Eastern Washington. She began growing her own vegetables in her garden at home and dreamed of owning her own farm.
However, in 1987 Anne retired from real estate and decided to return to her art. She began making pottery and designed mugs, bowls, plates, vases and sugar bowls and pitchers. Her work was extensive, and she enjoyed spending time at a pottery studio, but she never gave up her dream of having her own farm .
When Anne’s Mother became ill in Nashville, she and Lewis decided to buy a 250 acre farm in Le,pers Fork, Tennessee. Finally her dream came to fruition, and she owned her farm for 20 years. She loved to see the variety of animals like the deer that grazed on her property, the owls, birds, possums, raccoons, foxes and other wild life. She also continued to grow her own vegetables. Being an environmentalist at heart, she decided to place a conservation easement on her property so that it could not be developed, and subsequently she became involved in the Tennessee Land Trust.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to the Tennessee Land Trust, P.O. Box 41027, Nashville TN 37204.
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