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Submitted: 4/2/21 • Approved: 4/5/21 • Last Updated: 4/8/21 • R404055-G0-S3
October 19, 1906-October 7, 1988
Photo/information courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Emery Howard Sanders, 81, 831 Bartush, died at 8:30 p.m. Friday in his home in Borger.
A retired welders helper for Phillips Petroleum Company, he was a native of Tedrick, Mo. and a Borger resident since 1948.
He attended Bible Baptist Church, members of the CCC Camps, and married Alta Upshaw in Drury, Mo. on April 18, 1936.
He is survived by his wife, Alta Sanders of the home; one son, Loyd Sanders of Lawton, Okla., two daughters, Shirley Daniels and Vivian "Sandy" Jones, both of Pampa; three sisters, Mildred Shattuck of Oregon, Dorothy Slate of Hanford, Calif., Mildred Slate of Permian, Ark.; a brother, Charlie Sanders of Stillwater, Okla.; 13 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Ada Nilsen in 1988 and a son, Bill Sanders in 1978.
Services are pending with Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 9, 1988)
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Contributed on 4/2/21 by neldapat
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