MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - OBITS William Reuben Sanders

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William Reuben Sanders was shot and killed August 10,
1934 in Columbus, Georgia.  He was survived by his
wife, Clara, three children, his parents, Jeptha and
Georgia Law Sanders, a 4th child who was born after
his death, 5 sisters and 2 brothers.  He was born in
Pike County, Alabama on December 17, 1903.

 

Obituary

Funeral Held for Gun Victim Here Sunday

Hundreds Attend Services for W. R. Sanders at Textile Hall

Funeral services for William Reuben Sanders, 30, who
was fatally shot in the strike disturbance at the
Georgia Webbing and Tape company Friday afternoon,
were held at the Textile hall, 1425 First Avenue,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with more than one
thousand people attending the services.

It was estimated that approximately four thousand
people viewed the body, which lay in state from noon
until the hour of the service.  Members of local No.
1605, United Textile Workers of America, of which Mr.
Sanders was a charter member; members of the Crusaders
for Economic Liberty; and the Ku Klux Klan took part
in the services and formed an escort in the funeral
procession to the Riverdale cemetery.

Two hundred and five automobiles filled with people
were in the procession, and in addition there were
about three hundred people walking.

Rev. Arthur C. McKinnon, pastor of the Earline Avenue
Methodist church, conducted the services.

The Textile quintet, composed of Mr. and Mrs. George
Quattlebaum, Miss Clara Quattlebaum, J. W. Hicks, and
D. B. Holstead rendered "Death is Only a Dream" and
"My Loved Ones are Waiting For Me".

Active pallbearers were:  A. J. Barfield, Curtis
Smith, Robert Patillo, Willie Kidd, J. R. Helms, and
Laron Anderson.  Honorary:  Prather Sweatt, Fred
Jones, Rufus Ward, Levi Gammell, Ralph Clayton, Ezra
Howard, Louis Glover, Emmett Youngstrom, Lemuel
Gammell, and Austin Gammell.

Three men taken into custody in connection with an
investigation of the tragedy are being held in the
county jail and will probably be given preliminary
hearings in recorder's court Tuesday morning.  They
are:  G. D. Beasley, whose pistol was fired twice; G.
E. Clark, who is alleged to have had his hand on the
weapon when it was fired; and J. H. Tipper, who was
sitting on the back seat of the automobile driven by
Mr. Beasley and who is alleged to have fired once.