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Submitted: 4/2/21 • Approved: 4/5/21 • Last Updated: 4/8/21 • R404060-G404058-S3
Bobby Gene
1928-2005
Melba Jo
1928-1996
Married July 30, 1945
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Photo/information courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Bobby
FRITCH - Bob Sanders, 77, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Brown Funeral Directors Chapel of the Fountains with Bob Thomas, chaplain of Odyssey Health Care in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Sanders was born March 24, 1928, in Henrietta, Okla. He married Melba Jo Bullard on July 30, 1945, in Borger.
Survivors include three sons, Gary Sanders of Fritch, and Bary Sanders and Terry Sanders, both of Booker; a daughter, Sherry Gilbreath of Fritch; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Health Care, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Thursday, August 18, 2005)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Bobby Gene Sanders
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1928
Birth Place: Henryetta, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 25 Mar 1946
Employer: Phillips Pet Co
Weight: 154
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 5
Next of Kin: Clarence Sanders
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Bobby G. Sanders
Last Residence:
79036 Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas
Born: 24 Mar 1928
Died: 17 Aug 2005
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Bob Gene Sanders
[Bobby G Sanders]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1928
Birth Place: Heneyetta, Oklahoma
Death Date: 17 Aug 2005
Father: Clarence M Sanders
Mother: Gertrude E Carr
Notes: Jul 1942: Name listed as BOB GENE SANDERS; 19 Aug 2005: Name listed as BOBBY G SANDERS
*Melba
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Melba Jae Bullard
Date of Birth: 3 Apr 1928
Gender: Female
Birth County: Hutchinson
Father's name: Joe Bullard
Mother's name: Lena Lindsey
Roll number: 1928_0001
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