Carol Melton Sanders (July 30, 1932 – August 28, 2012) was an American bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee. She was married to Thomas K. Sanders, also a bridge player. She won four world championships, all in partnership with Betty Ann Kennedy of Louisiana.
Sanders and Kennedy were known as the Belles or Southern Belles. They compiled 10 NABC wins and 8 runners-up together.
Both Carol and Tom Sanders were inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2002.
Sanders was the only child of Beulah and Clarence Melton. She died in Nashville in 2012, less than a year after the death of her husband.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2002"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
Wins
North American Bridge Championships (16) Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1993 Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1961 Women's Pairs (1958-62) (1) 1962 Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1990 Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1983, 1995 Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (6) 1963, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1999 Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1992, 1995 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1976, 1982
Runners-up
North American Bridge Championships Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1979 Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1960 Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1990 Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (2) 1971, 1981 Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1985 Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1982, 1992, 1994 Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1991, 2000 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1984 Reisinger (1) 1961
References
External links – with video interview
Funeral home obituary