Doris Marie Sanders, age 90, of Ashland City, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2026, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She was born in Cheatham County, Ashland City, Tennessee, on December 9, 1935, to the late Doyle W. Williams and Delphia Scott Williams. Doris was a long-time member of the Ashland City Church of Christ and had been since she was 14 years old. She had one brother, Wilton Williams (Agnes). She graduated from Cheatham County High School Class of 1953. After graduation at the age of 17 years old, she worked at Empson Drug Store for five years. Then in 1969 she went to the Cheatham County Clerk’s Office, selling car tags, hunting and fishing licenses, marriage licenses and she even wrote her own license on October 7, 1960, and married Walter Lewis Sanders. They were together for 65 years until his death on December 24, 2017. In the year 1962, Doris went to work in the Circuit Court, Criminal Court and General Sessions Court Office. Then in 1969, she was appointed by three judges to the Chancery Court Clerk and Master position, where she stayed until 2003. After retirement from the court, she ran and was elected for a term of four years as a County Commissioner. During this time, she served on many different committees for the county and also served as a director of the Community Bank for several years. She said the courthouse was her home away from her home. Doris has no children but several nieces and nephews; James Witon Williams, Sterling Scott Williams and Janice Elizabeth Knokle. Funeral service will be Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 1pm in the Chapel of Cheatham County Funeral Home with Mike Peters officiating. Burial will follow at Scott-Williams Cemetery in Ashland City, Tennessee. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 3, 2026, from 3pm to 7pm and Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from 9 am until the service hour of 12 noon. Serving as pallbearers will be Harris Dean Nicholson, Charles Ed Sullivan, David Albright, John Albright, Tim Binkley, Phil Maxey and Steve Stack. Honorary Pallbearers Judge Lenard Martin, Jimmy Noe and Ronnie Howington. Honorary sisters, Mary Gray Jenkins, Hylasue Howington and honorary daughters, Pamela Jenkins, Gina Binkley, Rhonda Vaughn and Linda Harris.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Ashland City Church of Christ and St. Jude Children's Hospital.

Cheatham County Funeral Home LLC 615-792-2552 online condolences may be made at cheathamcountyfh.com.