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