AHOSKIE – Willie C. Sanders, 70, of Ahoskie died Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2017 in the Roanoke Rapids Chapel of H.D. Pope Funeral Home, who is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow in the Aulander First Baptist Church Cemetery.