Obituaries: R. A. Sanders, 1932, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 24, 1932 Winn Parish Enterprise

R. A. Sanders, 76 Years, Succumbs To Short Illness

Father of Twenty-Two Children, 18 of Whom Survive, Buried At Sanders Cemetery

Funeral services for R. A. Sanders of the Hudson Community who died Tuesday
morning at 1:30 o'clock after a short illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at
the Sanders Cemetery.  The Rev. Amos Buckins and the Rev. Noah Fox had charge
of the services.

Mr. Sanders was a prominent farmer of the parish.  He was seventy-six years,
three months, and four days of age.  He was married three times and was the
father of twenty-two children, eighteen of whom survive.  Fourteen of his
children were at his bedside when the death came.  He was a native of the
Hudson Community.

The children surviving are Jim Sanders of Columbia; Columbus Sanders, Joyce;
Mrs. Susie Allen, Rayville; Chris Sanders, Hudson; Sim Sanders, Winnfield;
Mrs. Riley Lawrence, Sikes; Mrs. Gus Taylor, Atlanta; Richard Sanders, Oak
Grove; Crawford and Crockett Sanders, Winnfield; Chester Sanders, Hudson; Miss
Florence Sanders, Freeport, Texas; Dewey Sanders, Gilbert; Wilma Sanders,
Webbie Sanders, Misses Georgia and Tressie Sanders, Hudson; Mrs. Willie Warner
of Winnsboro.  He is also survived by one brother, J. T. Sanders of Smackover,
Ark.