Biography – Mayor Larry Sanders

• Education:
  • Grade School: Fairview, Three Way
  • High School: Northside, Madison County
  • Bachelor Degree: Lambuth University
  • Masters Degree: University of Memphis
• Family:
  • Married to Joyce G. Sanders
  • Five Children,
  • Nandalee Sanders Sarandos, Norfolk, VA
  • Andy and Jeri Sanders, Jonesboro AR
  • Alan and Candace Yates, Three Way, TN
  • Rich and Deane Sanders, Franklin, TN
  • Amy and Bas van Buuren, Three Way, TN
  • Eight grandchildren
• Employment and Business Experience:
  • 1950 to 1962 – Worked on family farm, Three Way, TN
  • 1962 to 1969 – Teacher, coach, principal Gadsden and Alamo, TN
  • 1970 to 1973 – Teacher, (part time) Jackson State Community College
  • 1969 t0 1971 – Federal project director, Jackson City Schools
  • 1971 to 1977 – Director of Research and Development, Voc. Ed., University of Tenn.
  • 1977 to 1983 – Vocational Director Crockett County Vocational School
  • 1983 to 1988 – Principal, Crockett County High School
  • 1988 to 1997 – Superintendent, Humboldt City Schools
  • 1997 to 2010 – Education Planner, Hart, Freeland, Roberts, Inc. Jackson
• Part time work and business experience:
  • 1969 to 1984 – Business Manager, Gadsden Gin Co., Inc.
  • 1984 to 1989 – Owner and Manager, Lemstone Books, Old Hickory Mall
  • 2003 to 2013 – Business Manager, Dutch Garden Center, Three Way
  • 2006 to present – Member & Chairman of Three Way Planning Commission
• Awards and Recognitions:
  • District Coach of the year
  • State Outstanding Vocational Special Needs Teacher
  • Chairman Northwest Tennessee Superintendent Study Council
  • Member and Vice Chairman, Board of Directors TOSS
  • TOSS Distinguish Service Award
  • Personalities of the South Award
  • Tennessee Department of Education Outstanding Service Award
  • South Central Bell Award for Innovative Uses of Emerging Technologies
  • Certified Assessor of School Administrators, State of Tennessee
• Hobbies:
  • Golf
  • Woodworking
  • Watching Grandchildren perform