Farmville, NC - Ella "Winford" Sanders Crosby, age 84, passed peacefully in her home with her daughter by her side on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at the Chapel of Mathis Funeral Home in Cochran, GA. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran, GA.

Mrs. Crosby was born in Laurens County, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Crosby. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother, and was also a military wife and mother in Jacksonville, NC until the move back to Warner Robins, GA where she and "Bill" made their home. She had lived the past five years and called Farmville her home with her daughter.

She was survived by a son, Al (Tonya) Crosby of St. Stephens, SC; daughter, Lisa Vandiford of Farmville, NC; grandson, William Jared Crosby of Zebulon, NC; her siblings, Maureen  (Terry) Sanders Weed of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Billy (Claudia) Sanders of Montgomery, AL, Martha (Bob) Sanders Blackwell of Cochran, GA, Connie (Kenny) Sanders Walters of Byron, GA, and F. Ronnie Sanders of Byron, GA; and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Annie Mae Rouse for the many months of love and care she provided to Ella, and also to 3HC Hospice for the love, kindness, and support.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to your local hospice.

The family will receive friends Saturday, March 14, 2020, from 1 until 2:00 P.M. at the funeral home. At a later date a celebration of life will be held at the Farmville Church of God, which she was honored to call her church.