Obituaries: Emma Boyett Sanders, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 9, 1938 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American


Funeral Rites For Mrs. J. T. Sanders To Be Held Today

Former Winnfield Resident Dies At Smackover Wednesday


Mrs. Emma Sanders, age 72, wife of J. T. Sanders, died at her home in
Smackover, Ark., Wednesday night at eleven o'clock following a long illness.

Mrs. Sanders and her family formerly resided in Winnfield, where she is well
known, being a member of pioneer families of this section, the Boyetts and
James.  Before her marriage to J. T. Sanders, she was Miss Emma Boyett.  Mr.
and Mrs. Sanders moved to Smackover about twelve years ago.

She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, which she became affiliated
with in her youth.  She was born near Winnfield.

Funeral services were held Thursday morning at her home in Smackover and the
remains were brought here Thursday afternoon to the home of Mrs. C. M.
Sanders, a sister, where it will remain until Friday morning at eleven o'clock
at which time final services will be conducted by the Rev. Alwin Stokes,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church.  Interment will be made in the Winnfield
Cemetery.

Surviving Mrs. Sanders are her husband, J. T. Sanders, three daughters, Mrs.
Mildred Matthews and Mrs. Alberta Lawn of Smackover, Ark., Mrs. Nettie Black
of East Texas, three sons, Iley Sanders of Smackover, Floyd Sanders of Lake
Charles and Walter Sanders of Oil city, three brothers, H. L. Boyett, Wesley
Boyett, and Jasper Boyett of Winnfield, three sisters, Mrs. C. M. Sanders and
Mrs. Minerva McKaskle of Winnfield and Mrs. D. F. Moore of Venice, Fla.