Mr. Harry Saunders Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston, LA Memorial services for Mr. Harry Saunders, age 83, OF Downsville will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, LA. Mr. Harry Saunders was born September 30, 1929 and raised in Philadelphia PA and passed away September 12, 2013. Harry attended and graduated from Pearce Junior College. After his tour of duty in the United States Army, where he was stationed in Germany, he returned to Philadelphia and entered an Insurance Underwriting Program with Phoenix London Group. After several mergers, buy-outs and his advancement to Commercial Underwriter he was then part of the Commercial Union Insurance Co. Harry was transferred to several different state's branch offices then finally to their branch office in Ruston, La. A few years later Harry left Commercial Union Insurance Co. to enter the Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Market as a Commercial Underwriter. He continued his career in the Excess & Surplus Lines Market until his full retirement from Underwriting Associates of La. He is survived by his three children; Virginia Leachman, Kathy Bunch and Richard Saunders, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital. Online condolence may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com