A. Z. Sanders Dies November 25, 1946

Funeral services for Mr. A. Z. Sanders, who
died at his home on West Main November 25, were
held November 27 with the Reverend Phil Grice
Officiating.  Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
He was 71.

Mr. Sanders was born in Kosciusko October 20, 1876.
When six years old he moved with his parents to Nebraska,
but returned to Mississippi where he was married in 1901
to Miss Mattie Florence Mathews of Kosciusko.

For 18 years Mr. and Mrs. Sanders made their home in
Starkville where he was employed, with the old hardware
firm of Yeates and Wallace.

They __spent the next 30 years in Ansalmo, Nebraska
and returned to Starkville where Mr. Sanders worked for
four years at State College.

He leaves his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Dawson
of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Christine Tompkins of Starkville.
He is also survived by one brother, C. R. Sanders of Glendale,
Calif.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Lennie Schuffler and Donald
Dawson of Pasadena, Calif., and Marilyn Tompkins of 
Starkville.

Pall bearers were H. H. Reynolds, L. M. Prichard, W. L. Clardy,
W. A. Hogan, Schular Cook and Earl Clardy.

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