Published in the Athens Review May 18, 1939
E.A. (Ed) Sanders, resident of Athens since 1910, and the owner of Sanders Nursery and Floral Company of this city, died at the family home here at 2:55 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Sanders had been seriously ill since last April 12th, the date he observed his 70th birthday.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church and interment followed in the city cemetery. Rev. M.L. Fuller, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Nell Stewart of Dallas and T.D. Carroll of Henderson, Texas.
Pall bearers were: Dean Holiman of Brownsboro, A.M. Barnes Jr., Ed Green Walker, Gaston Wood, J.C. Newbill, Bud Morrison, Walter Dean, W.A. Walker, Henry Hart, Perry Blythe of Kemp, P.C. Perry and R.C. Truitt.
E.A. Sanders was born in Johnson county, North Carolina on April 12th, 1869 and he grew to young manhood in that county. On March 3rd, 1898 he and Miss Blanche Hocutt were married by Rev. J.C. Hocutt, uncle of the bride. The ceremony took place at Graham, North Carolina.
The family came to Texas in 1907 and lived at Corsicana and at Hillsboro before locating in Athens in December, 1910.
Mr. Sanders first engaged in the hardware business here and later entered the nursery business in which he had been active for the past two decades.
He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens.
Those surviving include his wife, who has been ill for the past several weeks; three sons, E.A. Sanders Jr., Houston; J.T. Sanders, Houston and W.H. Sanders, Athens; two daughters, Mrs. N.E. Blythe, Kittery, Maine and Mrs. J.P. Hodge, Chatfield, Texas; two brothers, R.C. Sanders, Beaumont, Texas and Hunter Sanders, Wichita Falls, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. L.E. Williams and Miss Julia Sanders, both of Dunn, North Carolina. Two grandchildren, J.P. Hodge Jr. of Chatfield and Ed Sanders Blythe, Kittery, Maine also survive.
MR. E.A. SANDERS, BELOVED FRIEND OF A.H.S. DIES
Students of Athens High School were saddened Tuesday morning when they learned of the death Mr. E.A. Sanders. He was our friend and we loved him. Never did we ask him to do us a favor, and there were many of them, that he refused. Not only did he willingly help us but so many times he did so much more than we asked. His kindly smile and sweet personality endeared him to all of us.
Early in the school year, Mr. Sanders brought each teacher a beautiful pot plant and we remember his happy, pleased smile as both teachers and students expressed their pleasure over his thoughtfulness of them. His attitude toward us has always been that of a kindly, thoughtful father and we shall miss him as though he were.
We students extend our heart-felt sympathy to members of his family, hoping that knowing our love for him may help ease the burden of sorrow they now bear.
A.
E.A. (Ed) Sanders, resident of Athens since 1910, and the owner of Sanders Nursery and Floral Company of this city, died at the family home here at 2:55 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Sanders had been seriously ill since last April 12th, the date he observed his 70th birthday.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church and interment followed in the city cemetery. Rev. M.L. Fuller, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Nell Stewart of Dallas and T.D. Carroll of Henderson, Texas.
Pall bearers were: Dean Holiman of Brownsboro, A.M. Barnes Jr., Ed Green Walker, Gaston Wood, J.C. Newbill, Bud Morrison, Walter Dean, W.A. Walker, Henry Hart, Perry Blythe of Kemp, P.C. Perry and R.C. Truitt.
E.A. Sanders was born in Johnson county, North Carolina on April 12th, 1869 and he grew to young manhood in that county. On March 3rd, 1898 he and Miss Blanche Hocutt were married by Rev. J.C. Hocutt, uncle of the bride. The ceremony took place at Graham, North Carolina.
The family came to Texas in 1907 and lived at Corsicana and at Hillsboro before locating in Athens in December, 1910.
Mr. Sanders first engaged in the hardware business here and later entered the nursery business in which he had been active for the past two decades.
He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens.
Those surviving include his wife, who has been ill for the past several weeks; three sons, E.A. Sanders Jr., Houston; J.T. Sanders, Houston and W.H. Sanders, Athens; two daughters, Mrs. N.E. Blythe, Kittery, Maine and Mrs. J.P. Hodge, Chatfield, Texas; two brothers, R.C. Sanders, Beaumont, Texas and Hunter Sanders, Wichita Falls, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. L.E. Williams and Miss Julia Sanders, both of Dunn, North Carolina. Two grandchildren, J.P. Hodge Jr. of Chatfield and Ed Sanders Blythe, Kittery, Maine also survive.
MR. E.A. SANDERS, BELOVED FRIEND OF A.H.S. DIES
Students of Athens High School were saddened Tuesday morning when they learned of the death Mr. E.A. Sanders. He was our friend and we loved him. Never did we ask him to do us a favor, and there were many of them, that he refused. Not only did he willingly help us but so many times he did so much more than we asked. His kindly smile and sweet personality endeared him to all of us.
Early in the school year, Mr. Sanders brought each teacher a beautiful pot plant and we remember his happy, pleased smile as both teachers and students expressed their pleasure over his thoughtfulness of them. His attitude toward us has always been that of a kindly, thoughtful father and we shall miss him as though he were.
We students extend our heart-felt sympathy to members of his family, hoping that knowing our love for him may help ease the burden of sorrow they now bear.
A.
Published in the Athens Review May 18, 1939
E.A. (Ed) Sanders, resident of Athens since 1910, and the owner of Sanders Nursery and Floral Company of this city, died at the family home here at 2:55 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Sanders had been seriously ill since last April 12th, the date he observed his 70th birthday.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church and interment followed in the city cemetery. Rev. M.L. Fuller, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Nell Stewart of Dallas and T.D. Carroll of Henderson, Texas.
Pall bearers were: Dean Holiman of Brownsboro, A.M. Barnes Jr., Ed Green Walker, Gaston Wood, J.C. Newbill, Bud Morrison, Walter Dean, W.A. Walker, Henry Hart, Perry Blythe of Kemp, P.C. Perry and R.C. Truitt.
E.A. Sanders was born in Johnson county, North Carolina on April 12th, 1869 and he grew to young manhood in that county. On March 3rd, 1898 he and Miss Blanche Hocutt were married by Rev. J.C. Hocutt, uncle of the bride. The ceremony took place at Graham, North Carolina.
The family came to Texas in 1907 and lived at Corsicana and at Hillsboro before locating in Athens in December, 1910.
Mr. Sanders first engaged in the hardware business here and later entered the nursery business in which he had been active for the past two decades.
He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens.
Those surviving include his wife, who has been ill for the past several weeks; three sons, E.A. Sanders Jr., Houston; J.T. Sanders, Houston and W.H. Sanders, Athens; two daughters, Mrs. N.E. Blythe, Kittery, Maine and Mrs. J.P. Hodge, Chatfield, Texas; two brothers, R.C. Sanders, Beaumont, Texas and Hunter Sanders, Wichita Falls, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. L.E. Williams and Miss Julia Sanders, both of Dunn, North Carolina. Two grandchildren, J.P. Hodge Jr. of Chatfield and Ed Sanders Blythe, Kittery, Maine also survive.
MR. E.A. SANDERS, BELOVED FRIEND OF A.H.S. DIES
Students of Athens High School were saddened Tuesday morning when they learned of the death Mr. E.A. Sanders. He was our friend and we loved him. Never did we ask him to do us a favor, and there were many of them, that he refused. Not only did he willingly help us but so many times he did so much more than we asked. His kindly smile and sweet personality endeared him to all of us.
Early in the school year, Mr. Sanders brought each teacher a beautiful pot plant and we remember his happy, pleased smile as both teachers and students expressed their pleasure over his thoughtfulness of them. His attitude toward us has always been that of a kindly, thoughtful father and we shall miss him as though he were.
We students extend our heart-felt sympathy to members of his family, hoping that knowing our love for him may help ease the burden of sorrow they now bear.
A.
E.A. (Ed) Sanders, resident of Athens since 1910, and the owner of Sanders Nursery and Floral Company of this city, died at the family home here at 2:55 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Sanders had been seriously ill since last April 12th, the date he observed his 70th birthday.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church and interment followed in the city cemetery. Rev. M.L. Fuller, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Nell Stewart of Dallas and T.D. Carroll of Henderson, Texas.
Pall bearers were: Dean Holiman of Brownsboro, A.M. Barnes Jr., Ed Green Walker, Gaston Wood, J.C. Newbill, Bud Morrison, Walter Dean, W.A. Walker, Henry Hart, Perry Blythe of Kemp, P.C. Perry and R.C. Truitt.
E.A. Sanders was born in Johnson county, North Carolina on April 12th, 1869 and he grew to young manhood in that county. On March 3rd, 1898 he and Miss Blanche Hocutt were married by Rev. J.C. Hocutt, uncle of the bride. The ceremony took place at Graham, North Carolina.
The family came to Texas in 1907 and lived at Corsicana and at Hillsboro before locating in Athens in December, 1910.
Mr. Sanders first engaged in the hardware business here and later entered the nursery business in which he had been active for the past two decades.
He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens.
Those surviving include his wife, who has been ill for the past several weeks; three sons, E.A. Sanders Jr., Houston; J.T. Sanders, Houston and W.H. Sanders, Athens; two daughters, Mrs. N.E. Blythe, Kittery, Maine and Mrs. J.P. Hodge, Chatfield, Texas; two brothers, R.C. Sanders, Beaumont, Texas and Hunter Sanders, Wichita Falls, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. L.E. Williams and Miss Julia Sanders, both of Dunn, North Carolina. Two grandchildren, J.P. Hodge Jr. of Chatfield and Ed Sanders Blythe, Kittery, Maine also survive.
MR. E.A. SANDERS, BELOVED FRIEND OF A.H.S. DIES
Students of Athens High School were saddened Tuesday morning when they learned of the death Mr. E.A. Sanders. He was our friend and we loved him. Never did we ask him to do us a favor, and there were many of them, that he refused. Not only did he willingly help us but so many times he did so much more than we asked. His kindly smile and sweet personality endeared him to all of us.
Early in the school year, Mr. Sanders brought each teacher a beautiful pot plant and we remember his happy, pleased smile as both teachers and students expressed their pleasure over his thoughtfulness of them. His attitude toward us has always been that of a kindly, thoughtful father and we shall miss him as though he were.
We students extend our heart-felt sympathy to members of his family, hoping that knowing our love for him may help ease the burden of sorrow they now bear.
A.
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