DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Kenneth Saunders III was a tireless advocate for southern DeKalb County, the type of guy that joined his neighborhood association at 18 years old and never stopped trying to make things better.
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He was passionate but kindhearted, quick to encourage conversation in the face of conflict. He was strong in his Christian faith and in the belief that his community deserved more.
Kenneth Saunders III died Saturday from complications of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, his family said.
He was 43 years old.
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“The important thing is how he lived,” his father, Kenneth Saunders Jr., said Monday. “And his dad is certainly proud of how he lived.”
At the time of his death, he was a member of DeKalb’s zoning board of appeals.
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