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Gentry Thomas Sanders

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Gentry Thomas Sanders

Birth
Monroe County, Missouri, USA
Death
27 Jan 1951 (aged 89)
Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Gentry Thomas Sanders was the 3rd of 7 children of Wiley Jackson Sanders & Loretta Heathman.

He married Winnie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rigsby in 1887 in Woodlawn, Monroe County, Missouri.

They had 8 children who are linked below.

1947 article in the Ada News:

Sixtieth Anniversary
Is Celebrated by Sanders


Recently Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Sanders celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding at their home, 305 West Sixth.

Gentry Thomas Sanders was born in Monroe county, Missouri, in 1861, and Lizzy Rigsby was born November 26, 1867. They were married at Woodlawn, Mo., in 1887.

In 1906 they moved to Konawa and lived there three years. Then they moved to the Worstell community 11 miles northwest of Ada, later brought and moved to a farm in the Lovelady community. They lived there until two years ago, when they moved to their present address.

Of their eight children, four of them sons and four daughters, six are living; there are 22 grandchildren and 22 great-granchildren.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Sanders are still active despite the advancing years.
Gentry Thomas Sanders was the 3rd of 7 children of Wiley Jackson Sanders & Loretta Heathman.

He married Winnie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rigsby in 1887 in Woodlawn, Monroe County, Missouri.

They had 8 children who are linked below.

1947 article in the Ada News:

Sixtieth Anniversary
Is Celebrated by Sanders


Recently Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Sanders celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding at their home, 305 West Sixth.

Gentry Thomas Sanders was born in Monroe county, Missouri, in 1861, and Lizzy Rigsby was born November 26, 1867. They were married at Woodlawn, Mo., in 1887.

In 1906 they moved to Konawa and lived there three years. Then they moved to the Worstell community 11 miles northwest of Ada, later brought and moved to a farm in the Lovelady community. They lived there until two years ago, when they moved to their present address.

Of their eight children, four of them sons and four daughters, six are living; there are 22 grandchildren and 22 great-granchildren.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Sanders are still active despite the advancing years.


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