William Jasper SANDERS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Southeast, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1910, Living with father in Beat 4, Kemper Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1920, Living in Beat 2, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1930, Living in Northeast, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1940, Living in Northwest, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1950, Living in Sunflower Co., Mississippi

Family/Spouse: Bessie M. RICHARDSON. Bessie (daughter of James R. RICHARDSON and Della SLAWSON) was born on 24 Nov 1896 in Mississippi; died on 4 Nov 1978 in Sheridan, Grant Co., Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Northeast, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Northwest, Winston Co., Mississippi

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Northeast, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Northwest, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1950, Living with husband in Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama

Notes:

Name:
Easterling
June 4, 1925 - October 3, 2011
Obituary

Mrs. Doris S. Easterling, age 86. A native of Louisville, Mississippi and a resident of Mobile, Alabama died on Monday, October 3, 2011 at a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Easterling was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie Easterling and daughter, Linda Easterling Vincent. She is survived by her sons, William Larry Easterling, Thomas Michael (Ann Marie) Easterling; sister, Virginia Brooks; four grandchildren, Heather Easterling (Steven) Grimes, Kimberly Easterling, Jason (Kelly) Brown, Christopher (Rebecca) Brown; great grandchildren, Jason Carlos Brown, Kyler Brown and Kaden Brown. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM from the chapel of Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 5 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Arrangements under the direction of Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, Mobile, AL.

Family/Spouse: Tommie ESTERLING. Tommie was born on 12 Apr 1916 in Morton, Scott Co., Mississippi; died on 3 Jun 1989 in Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama; was buried in Mobile Memorial Gardens, Tillmans Corner, Mobile Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Northeast, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Northwest, Winston Co., Mississippi
• Census: 1950, Living in Sledge, Quitman Co., Mississippi

Notes:

Name:
Virginia Sanders Brooks of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 19, 1928 in Louisville, Mississippi, the daughter of the late William Jasper and Bessie Richardson Sanders. She was a graduate of Henderson State University where she earned her BSE degree and UCA where she received her MSE degree. She taught thirty-three years as a high school teacher and sponsor of the school newspaper. A stern disciplinarian of conduct and scholarship in her classes, she stressed reading from the classics to modern literature, composition and grammar. She had no children of her own, but she claimed the more than five thousand students she taught as her own.

Ms. Brooks died Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab at the age of 89.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan where she was also a member of the Primetimers and Sunshine Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, Grant County Retired Teachers Association, and PEO Sisterhood, Chapter Y.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carson Brooks, brother, James Douglas Sanders and sister, Doris Easterling.

Survivors are her adopted family and caregivers, Libbie Tipton and Lynn Rickett both of Sheridan, and many adopted grandchildren as well as a host of nieces, nephews, former students and friends.

Funeral service will be Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Memorial Gardens Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Brian Rickett and Bro. Michael Daugherty officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service from 10:00 until service time.

Pallbearers are Seth Tipton, Ryan Rickett, David Nelson, Russ Rhodes, Ed Koon and Randy Mooney. Honorary pallbearers are her former students.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 1201 South Rock, Sheridan, AR 72150, Grant County Library, 210 North Oak, Sheridan, AR 72150 or Sheridan/Lost Creek Cemetery, P.O. Box 514, Sheridan, AR 72150.

Family/Spouse: Carson Hill BROOKS. Carson was born on 12 Feb 1920; died on 5 Mar 1992; was buried in Lost Creek Cemetery, Sheridan, Grant Co., Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]