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Thelma Ruth Rollings Hill Sanders

Birth: 13 Feb 1923
Altamont, Grundy County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 9 Sep 1994 (aged 71)
Tennessee, USA
Burial: Altamont Cemetery

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Thelma had a common-law marriage with Grover Sanders. They lived in Oklahoma and owned a recording studio called Big Green Country.

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The soul of music
Slumbers in the shell
Till waked and kindled
By the Master's spell

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Her epitaph quotes a poem by Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855).

Family Members

Parents

Judge James Lewis "Prof" Rollings Sr

1879–1961
Lou Eva "Miss Eva" Walker Rollings

1902–1993

Spouses

Richard Harding Hill

1920–2008 (m. 1938)
Grover C. Sanders

1899–1978

Siblings

Mary Ellen Rollings Wheeler

1921–1977
Jessie Evelyn Rollings Green

1927–2019
Genie Rollings Valentine

1929–2006
Lydia Jane Rollings Rhea Hale Hamby

1941–2003

Half Siblings

Barbara Rebecca Louise Rollings Jacobs

1905–1977
Frank Emmett Rollings

1907–1983
Adolphus Jackson "Jack" Rollings

1910–1987
Florence Della "Miss Florence" Rollings Scruggs

1912–2001
Rachel Martin Rollings Geary

1914–1997
David Ashley Rollings Sr

1916–1978

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Charles Donald "Big Don" Hill Sr

1939–2015

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Family Members

Judge James Lewis "Prof" Rollings Sr

Lou Eva "Miss Eva" Walker Rollings

Richard Harding Hill

Grover C. Sanders

Mary Ellen Rollings Wheeler

Jessie Evelyn Rollings Green

Genie Rollings Valentine

Lydia Jane Rollings Rhea Hale Hamby

Barbara Rebecca Louise Rollings Jacobs

Frank Emmett Rollings

Adolphus Jackson "Jack" Rollings

Florence Della "Miss Florence" Rollings Scruggs

Rachel Martin Rollings Geary

David Ashley Rollings Sr

Charles Donald "Big Don" Hill Sr

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