Helen Lucy Sanderson took her last breath at 9:00 am at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, WV

She was born on July 15, 1938, in Herndon, Virginia, to the late Neil Bailey and Cora Bailey.

She was a retired clerk at Charles Town Races and Slots. She’d loved to bowl, loved to make wedding cakes, go on trips, loved going to casinos, and owned racehorses. She was big on family.

She is survived by her five siblings, two brothers Joe Bailey and wife, Lillian Bailey of Alexandria, Virginia, Roshier and wife, Mary Bailey of Front Royal, Virginia, three sisters Shirley King of Adamstown, Maryland, Geraldine Scott and husband, Russell Sanderson of Charles Town West Virginia, and Edna Brightful of Charles Town, West Virginia, five children, one daughter, Renee Sheppard, 7 sons, Joe Kanhai, Roy Sheppard, Delbert Sheppard, Daniel and wife, Rhonda Sheppard, Ralph Sanderson, Tommy Sanderson, Jason Sheppard, and one daughter-in-law Bonnie Sheppard.

She also is survived by her twenty-one grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Sanderson, two sons James Chester Bailey and Marc Sheppard, two daughters Sheryl Sheppard, and Cora Jones, and three siblings Andrew Bailey, Tommy Bailey, and John Bailey.

Services will be held 2:00 pm on Monday, October 26, 2026 at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, WV.

The family will receive friends two hour prior to the service at the funeral home.