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 Sanders Cemetery 
Montgomery County Texas   | 
   
   
    
 
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Sanders Cemetery is located 
one mile west of Magnolia, just off FM1774.    
 
Sanders Cemetery Marker Dedication 
December 2, 2017 
Larry Foerster,
Chairman of 
Montgomery County 
Historical Commission  –
We had a beautiful day for a marker  
dedication at the Sanders Cemetery north of  Magnolia.  Commissioner Riley spoke 
along with Sharon Russell, marker chair for our county historical commission.  
Some photos  are attached. 
Also attending  were Constable David Hill and his deputies, Magnolia City 
Council member John Bramlett, members of the sponsoring Chaparral Genealogical 
Society, and family members of those  buried in the cemetery. 
  
  
Sanders Historical Marker 
  
  
Celeste Graves Unveiling the Marker 
  
  
Some Attendees to the Dedication 
  
  
Larry Foerster speaking to the 
attendees 
 
  
Saluting Honoring the Dedication of the Historical Marker 
  
Transcription 
of Sanders Cemetery 
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 Permission given by
Celeste Graves to put on online May 
14, 2003. Copied by  Celeste Graves and Tarvah McGinty July 23, 1985 exactly as shown on 
tombstone. 
  
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	NAME | 
    
	DOB | 
    
	DOD | 
    
	NOTES    | 
   
  
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	APPLEWHITE, Gerald | 
    Oct 21, 1938 | 
    Aug 29, 1978 | 
    Double Marker | 
   
  
    BENNETTE,  
      Mary | 
    aged 88 years | 
    - | 
    She Hath Done What She Could | 
   
  
    CHANDLER,  
      (W)hitman C. | 
    Oct 11, 1887 | 
    Feb 18, 19(52) | 
    TEXAS SFA 113 SPRUCE SQ. 
      
     WORLD WAR I  | 
   
  
    | CHANDLER, Edwin Foster | 
    Apr 8, 1889 | 
    Jan 16, 1971 | 
    Double Marker 
      
     Foot Marker = Texas CWT U.S. Navy WW I & II   | 
   
  
    | CHANDLER, Virginia Mary | 
    Nov 12, 1889 | 
    Feb 10, 1979 | 
    Double Marker | 
   
  
    DUPREE,  
      Franklin G.  | 
    Mar 8, 1858 | 
    May 14, 1907 | 
    Here Lies A True and Loving Husband and a 
    Good Father Woodmen of the Work Memorial | 
   
  
    BENNETT,  
      Annie A. | 
    Mar 26, 1917 | 
    Feb 16, 1955 | 
    Wife of G. M.  She was the Sunshine of 
    our Home | 
   
  
    BAREFIELD,  
      A. D. "Doc" 
  | 
    1892 | 
    1926 | 
    - | 
   
  
    VICKERS,  
      Annie 
  | 
    1892 | 
    1921 | 
    - | 
   
  
    CHANDLER, Reubin 
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    Apr 6, 1896 | 
    Aug 18 1910 | 
    - | 
   
  
    CHANDLER,  
      Mary E.  
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    Sept 19, 1856 | 
    Feb 10, 1936 | 
    Mother | 
   
  
    CHANDLER,  
      John Geo. 
  | 
    - | 
    1902 | 
    Father | 
   
  
    DUPREE,  
      Clara L.  
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    Aug 30, 1874 | 
    Aug 22, 1943 | 
    Mother | 
   
  
    GAYLE,  
      Minnie ELVERTON 
  | 
    1884 | 
    1926 | 
      | 
   
  
    GALE,  
      James Camden  
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    Oct 17, 1845 | 
    Dec 17, 1913 | 
    He is at Rest in Heaven | 
   
  
    GRAVES,  
      James W. IV 
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    Feb 19, 1973 | 
    Dec 31, 1974 | 
    - | 
   
  
    LAWSON,  
      Willie G. 
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    May 9, 1881 | 
    Oct 30, 1895 | 
    at rest | 
   
  
    LAWSON,  
      Elmer 
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    1899 | 
    1902 | 
    - | 
   
  
    | MINER, Lee | 
    Sept 16, 1876 | 
    Jan 1, 1933 | 
    - | 
   
  
    SANDERS, Claudia  
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    age 10 years | 
    - | 
    SISTER Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | 
   
  
    SANDERS,  
      Willie May 
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    Jun 20, 1881 | 
    Jan 17, 1963 | 
    - | 
   
  
    SANDERS,  
      Terrell Weldon 
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    Oct 13, 1911 | 
    Sep 18, 1973 | 
    Uncle Terrell | 
   
  
    WILBURN,  
      Lelia YELVERTON | 
    Jan 19, 1908 | 
    Jan 5, 1937 | 
    Another Link is Broken                   
    In Our Household Band    But a  Chain is Forming In a 
    Better Land | 
   
  
    | YELVERTON, RUBY | 
    Oct 19, 1893 | 
    Sept 18, 1900 | 
    Daughter of M/M H. C. Yelverton | 
   
  
    HERREN,  
      DAVE | 
    - | 
    - | 
    Father, no dates husband of Josie L. CHANDLER | 
   
  
    LAWSON,  
      A. A.  
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    1850 | 
    1925 | 
    OUR FATHER | 
   
  
    LAWSON,  
      James H.  
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    1882 | 
    1974 | 
    OUR DAD | 
   
  
    MINER,  
      Edith 
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    Oct 25, 1883 | 
    Dec 18, 1955 | 
    - | 
   
  
    SANDERS,  
      Sarah T.  | 
    Apr 22, 1847 | 
    Jan 4, 1918 | 
    Mother | 
   
  
    | SANDERS, J. J.  | 
    Apr 2, 1836 | 
    Dec 12, 1927 | 
    MY DADDY He is Not Dead But Sleepeth | 
   
  
    TRAYLOR,  
      Bertie 
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    1886 | 
    1966 | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Sallie 
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    Jul 23 1863 | 
    Mar 12, 1959 | 
    MOTHER | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Henry C. 
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    Oct 5, 1872 | 
    Oct 2, 1935 | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON,  
      Lee Roy 
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    Nov 18, 1898 | 
    Jun 22, 1951 | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Fannie 
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    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Kenneth 
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    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Forest  
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    1902 | 
    1979 | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Elizabeth 
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    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON, Violet 
  | 
    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON,  
      Cecil 
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    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
  
    YELVERTON,  
      K. C.  | 
    - | 
    - | 
    - | 
   
 
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