Jane Alexander Sandefur

Springfield – Jane Alexander Sandefur, 92, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 of a long illness.

A native of Richmond, California, she and her husband, Horace A. Sandefur, lived in Savannah for 10 years, moved to Clewiston, Florida, for 20 years, and then retired to Savannah on Dean Forest Road in 1991. In 2001, after illness, they moved to Springfield, Georgia to live close to her daughter Diane Skinner. Jane became a child of God in 1974, when she accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior. She is predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Horace A. Sandefur. She was a homemaker and beloved mother of three daughters, Sylvia (Lynn) Metzger of Gadsden, Alabama, Diane (Arnold) Skinner of Springfield, Georgia, and Lynn (David) Galusha of Marietta, Georgia. She has three grandsons, Ellis (Shannon) Skinner II, Ashley Skinner, and Gregory (Amanda) Metzger, one great grandson, Chris Oliver, and two great granddaughters, Ansley Skinner and Bricelyn Skinner.

There will be a graveside service at Clements Chapel in Sycamore, Georgia, near Tifton at 1 pm on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Brother Eric Green of First Baptist Church of Springfield will officiate.

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel, (912) 754-6421.