Harris County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sands, Hilliard Raymond
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Hilliard Raymond Sands
Dec 26 1971 

Hilliard Raymond Sands, 68, of 1920 Burlington Ave died
in Missoula Friday. He was born in Harris County, Ga.
Dec. 30, 1902 and served in the Army from July 1919 until
august 1921. He was married to Myrtis Harper in November
1921 and the couple had four daughters. Mrs. Sands died
in April 1931. 

On May 1, 1932 Mr. Sands was married to Maxine Wing in
Columbus, Ga. The couple moved to Montana in January
1933. Mr. Sands worked with Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and
was a member of the Western Montana Boy Scout Council.
Mr. Sands was an operating engineer at Eileson Air Force
Base and Fort Greeley in Alaska from 1951 until 1958. He
worked for the Montana Mercantile from September 1958
until his retirement in Dec. 1969. He was a member of the
teamsters union. Missoula Lodge 13 A.F. & A.M. and Red
Cross lodge 18 of the Knights of Pythias in Helena. He
served as past grand chancellor of Montana and deputy
supreme chancellor in the Knights of Pythias. 

In addition to his widow, Mr. Sands is survived by three
sons, Raymond Jack, Portland, OR; William Claude Helena,
and Rex Allen, Quang Tri Viet Nam; six daughters, Mrs.
Robert (Thelma) Hagen, Kimball NE; Mrs. Richard (Hazel)
Gregg, Pocatello, Idaho; Mrs. June Eberhard, in
Wisconsin; Mrs. Edward (Sarah) Gould Cantonment, Fl.;
Mrs. Jack (Myrtis) McSloy, Portland, OR; and Mrs. Roy
(Barbara) Miller, Camp Lejune N.C.; 20 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. 

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 AM in the Squire-
Simmons-Carr Rose chapel with the Rev Richard A. Jones
officiating. Burial will be in Missoula Cemetery.