Obituaries of the Past:
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Death of Mr. Phelan.
Nassau, New Providence, Feb. 8 - Hon. James Phelan, member of congress from Memphis, Tenn., died here on the 30th ultimo of pulmonary consumption. The remains are being forwarded to-day to New York by the steamer Santiago for interment, going by way of New York to Washington. Mr. Phelan arrived with his family in November last in search of health. His disease, however, was so far advanced before his departure from home that he failed to obtain any benefit from the change in climate. His family will remain temporarily here to avoid a sudden change in weather.
Source: Dallas Morning News, Feb 9, 1891
SANDERS, John W. - at residence, Hernando Road & Carlton Avenue, Friday evening, April 15, 1921 at 8:30 o'clock. John W., husband of Alice Sanders; father of J.E., O.J., T.W., W.R., R.V., J.B., Mark, Elizabeth and Sarah Sanders, Mrs. A. A. Sharpe and Mrs. __.O. Crutcher; brother of Mrs. J.J. Gwin, Mrs. Will Hartz, Mrs. George Winfield, Mrs. H.C. Davis and R.W. Sanders.
Funeral services will be held at residence tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at ___ O'clock. Friends of the family invited. Interment at Edmondson Chapel (Cemetery).
Source: The News Scimiter (Sat., April 16, 1921) page 9
Notes:
John Washington Sanders (b. 19 Feb 1856) was the son of George Washington Sanders and his first wife, Elizabeth Frances Yancey.
SANDERS - At residence, Askew, Miss., Wednesday morning, April 14, 1943 at 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Minerva Alice Sanders, aged 79 years. Wife of the late J.W. Sanders; mother of T.W. , Robert W., J.B. and M.L. Sanders, all of this city, W.R. Sanders of Askew, Miss., Mrs. Elizabeth Hart(z) and Mrs. Sara Blalock of New Orleans, La. and the late O.J. Sanders of this city; step-mother of J.W. Sanders of Water Valley, Miss., Mrs. Emma Crutcher of this city and the late Estelle Edward.
Funeral services conducted by the Rev. Claude Howe will be held at the National Funeral Home, 1177 Union Avenue, this Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited. Interment in Edmondson Cemetery (State Line Road, Southaven, Mississippi)
Source: Commercial Appeal, April 15, 1943, page 27.
Notes:
Minerva Alice Jones (born 23 Mar 1864) was the daughter of Rufus J. and Nancy J. Jones. She was the second wife of John Washington Sanders.
