Obituaries: Emma Boyett Sanders, 1938, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: December 8, 1938 Winn Parish Enterprise Mrs. J. T. Sanders Will Be Buried Here Friday Succumbed at Her Home In Smackover, Ark., Wednesday Last rites for Mrs. Emma Boyett Sanders, wife of J. T. Sanders of Smackover, Ark., will be held at the Winnfield Cemetery Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Sanders died at her home in Smackover after an illness ov two years duration. Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Winnfield Presbyterian Church, will be in charge of the services. Mrs. Sanders, who was 72 years of age, was born near Winnfield. She resided the greater part of her life in this parish and was married to J. T. Sanders, also of this parish. At an early age she became a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Fifteen years ago the Sanders family moved from here to Smackover, where they have resided. Surviving besides the husband are three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Matthews and Mrs. Walter Lawn of Smackover; and Mrs. Nettie Black of East Texas; three sons, Walter Sanders of Oil City; Floyd Sanders of Lake Charles, and Iley Sanders of Smackover; three brothers, Horace Boyett, Wesley Boyett, and Jasper Boyett, all of Winnfield; and three sisters, Mrs. C. M. Sanders and Mrs. Minerva McKaskle of Winnfield and Mrs. D. F. Moore of Dennis, Fla.