Maggie Mary Lou (Gaar) Sanders (1892 - 1980)

Born 21 May 1892 in Gaars Mill, Winn, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Huffman Sanders — married about 1915 in Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1980 at age 88 in Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States

Biography

Maggie was born in 1892. Maggie was the child of David Gaar and Amanda Grisham. Maggie passed away in 1980.

Obituary^[1]

Services for Mrs. Maggie Gaar Sanders, 88, of Ruston were held at 2 p.m. Friday, August 8, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston, where she was a member, Rev. James L. Stovall, nephew of the deceased, officiating.

Burial was in Transport Cemetery near Dodson, La.

Mrs. Sanders was a native of Gaar's Mill in Winn Parish, La. and had lived in Ruston since 1929. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and the D. M. A.

Survivors include three sons, William E. Sanders, Minden, La., Wilbur H. Sanders, Atlanta, Ga., and Wade M. Sanders, Huntsville, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. William W. Baldridge and Mrs. Wendell H. Barnett, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. Jerry F. Heard, Minden; 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American -- August 13, 1980

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPV-N9T : accessed 6 June 2019), Maggie M L Gaar in household of David E Gaar, Ward 7, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 8B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,586.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBV-394 : accessed 6 June 2019), Maggie M Gaar in household of David E Gaar, Kiesche Ward 7, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 1B, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 535; FHL microfilm 1,374,548.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWF-PSX : accessed 6 June 2019), Maggie Sanders in household of William H Sanders, Dodson, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 112, sheet 2B, line 54, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 636; FHL microfilm 1,820,636.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYW-477 : accessed 6 June 2019), Maggie Saunders, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 8A, line 27, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 791; FHL microfilm 2,340,526.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1K8-GNT : 19 May 2014), Maggie Sanders, Aug 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39C-5J1 : 21 May 2019), Maggie Sanders in entry for William H Sanders, 08 Jun 1929; citing Dodson, Winn, Louisiana, certificate number 17117, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,312,330.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #36910077