PAULDING COUNTY, GA - Obits   Sanford, Texana S.

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Mrs. Texana S. Sanford

The Daily Tribune News 
Cartersville, Georgia 
March 08, 1999


Hunt Cemetery

Mrs. Texana S. Sanford, 90, of 4039 Baywind Walk, Acworth,
died on Monday, March 1, 1999, at WellStar Kennestone
Hospital. 

Mrs. Sanford was born in Paulding County on Feb. 16, 1909,
to the late Jacob and Jennie Ruff Sligh. She was of the
Methodist faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Sanford; her
parents, J. A. Sid and Jennie Sligh; six sisters, Lillie Mae
Brock, Estelena Thomason, Geneva Rainwater, Mildred Gamel,
Angie Fleming and Velma Rateree; and three brothers, Willie
Sligh, Johnnie Sligh and Buster Sligh.

She is survived by two daughters, MacArthur and Joyce
Dickson of Cartersville and Victor and Nancy Castleberry of
Acworth; one son, Jack and Nancy Sanford of Dallas, Ga.; a
brother, Clarence and Madeline Sligh of Cartersville; two
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Bertha Sligh of Cartersville and Mrs.
Addie Mae Sligh of Dallas, Ga.; six grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m.
in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home, Dallas, Ga.,
with Rev. Green Tibbitts and Rev. Med Roach officiating.
Music was provided by Jeff Eberhart, Journeyland, Jimmy
Tibbitts and the Tibbitts Family. Interment was at Hunt
Cemetery.

Pallbearers were her grandsons, Michael Dickson, Tommy
Sanford, Reid Whitney, Ed Redmond, Ken Skinner and Marty
Castleberry.

Honorary pallbearers were her great-grandsons, Todd
Caldwell, Tyler Caldwell, Matthew Skinner and Joseph
Skinner.

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home, 123 Watson Drive, Dallas, Ga.,
is in charge of the arrangements. 

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