Saani Lailoni Sadler peacefully departed this life on December 22, 2024, at Children's National Medical Center, in Washington, DC, after courageously fighting complications of sickle cell disease and her bone marrow transplant.  She was born in Fort Belvoir, VA, to Takoyia Branham and Pervis Sadler.

Saani attended Walker Grant Middle School where she was a 7th grader. She sung on the Young Adult Choir at Second New Hope Baptist Church. When youth Sunday came around, and when asked she would read a scripture or say a prayer.

Saani loved being a Sickle Cell Warrior and educating people on her illness through her Facebook page " Saani Sadlers Bone Marrow Transplant Journey". Saani wanted everyone to see her raw and uncut disease even when she was at her  lowest. She loved arts and crafts, doing TikTok dances, and all things skin care to include makeup. Her favorite color was pink and T.V. shows were 911 and Chicago Med. She also loved writing poems as she would often write them to her granny.

She was preceded in death by grandfather Douglas "Mack" Branham, and uncles Rashard Branham, and Alfred Smith.

She leaves to cherish her memories her mother, Takoyia Branham, of Fredericksburg, VA and father, Pervis Sadler, of Tuscumbia, AL; her sisters, Nadia Branham, and Iveliese Cornelle; brothers, Amir Lumpkin and Pervis Sadler; grandmothers, Robin Branham Washington, of Fredericksburg, VA, and Patricia Woods, of Tuscumbia, AL; grandfathers, Anthony Washington, of Fredericksburg, VA, and Darrin Sadler (Deborah), of Jacksonville FL; great grandmother, Stella Branham of Fredericksburg VA; great grandfather, Theodore Morton (Barbara Ann) of Fredericksburg, VA; aunts, Rhonda Washington, of Spotsylvania, VA, Arlene Hill-Smith, of Fredericksburg VA, Jovan Boley, of Fredericksburg, VA, Maria Garnett, of Rappahannock Academy, VA, Bessie Greene, of Bowie, MD, Chansey Sadler, of Tuscumbia, AL, Tina Flanagan of Norfolk, VA, and Teresa Pleasant of Caroline County, VA; uncles, Tony Washington, of Spotsylvania, VA and Darrin Sadler, of Tuscumbia, AL; godfather, Donald Johnson; godmother, Devetrias (VeeDee) Johnson; godsister, DaNiya Johnson; godbrother, Ronell Poole all of Fredericksburg, VA; special friends, Ricardo (Cardi) Minor, of Fredericksburg, VA, Chastine Smith, of Ruther Glen, VA, and Tamara Robinson, of Fredericksburg, VA; and a host of other family members.

A viewing will be held at James Monroe High School on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM followed by a funeral service at 11:00 AM. The interment will be held at Glen Haven Memory Gardens in Stafford, VA, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 10:30 AM.