Obituaries: Willard Sanders, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American 
Date: March 3, 1939
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Willard Sanders Stabbing Victim Buried Monday

Roy Booth, Friend, Being Held In Jail Pending Investigation

Funeral services for Willard Sanders, age 21, were held Monday afternoon at
four o'clock at Sanders Chapel conducted by the Rev. G. A. Houston of Campti.

Young Sanders' death resulted from a knife stab wound in his throat at the
Chandler fishing camp on Saline Lake in Natchitoches Parish Sunday night.

According to reports Ray Booth, a close friend of Sanders', admitted that he
inflicted the wound but gave no details as to why he did it.

Booth is being held in the Natchitoches jail pending investigation of the circumstances.

The deceased man is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bettie Sanders, Calvin; four
sisters, Mrs. H. H. Conley, Mrs. J. B. Bird, Ringgold, Mrs. J. L. Finch,
Vicksburg, Miss., Mrs. Estelle Davis, Creston; four brothers, Eb Sanders,
Calvin, Jack Sanders, Carson Sanders, Ringgold, Clarence Sanders, Quitman.