John Randolph Sanders
b. 4 September 1892, d. 7 March 1995
- Father: Samuel Gillespie Sanders b. 1852, d. 30 September 1892
- Mother: Mary Wade Shipp b. March 1852, d. 4 March 1929
- John Randolph Sanders was born on 4 September 1892 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
- Mary Wade Shipp appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, at College Street. Other members of the household included John Randolph Sanders, Mary Shipp Sanders, Samuel David Sanders, Nannie Gillespie Sanders, Albert Godfrey Sanders, Shipp Gillespie Sanders, Martha Pegues Sanders and Samuel David Sanders.
- Mary Wade Shipp appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, at College Street. Other members of the household included John Randolph Sanders, Mary Shipp Sanders, Nannie Gillespie Sanders, Albert Godfrey Sanders, Shipp Gillespie Sanders and Martha Pegues Sanders.
- John Randolph Sanders registered for the draft on 22 May 1917 in Williamson County, Texas, while single, a teacher not employed at present, residing at 1516 South College Street in Georgetown.
- Mary Wade Shipp appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, at 1516 South College Street. Other members of the household included John Randolph Sanders, Mary Shipp Sanders, Nannie Gillespie Sanders, Shipp Gillespie Sanders and Martha Pegues Sanders.
- He was employed as a public school teacher, according to the 1920 census.
- The following appeared on 15 October 1962 in the Denton Record-Chronicle: Miss Mary Shipp Sanders, 83, of 1902 Bell, a retired professor at Southwestern University in Georgetown, died at 10 a.m. Sunday in Flow Memorial Hospital.
A native of Georgetown, Miss Sanders attended the University of Chicago and Columbia University. She had served as county superintendent of schools in Williamson County and as supervisor of education in Johnson County.
Survivors include two sisters, Miss Nannie G. Sanders and Miss Martha P. Sanders, both of Denton; three brothers, S. D. Sanders of Boerne, Albert G. Sanders of Jackson, Miss., and Randolph Sanders of Mineola; and several nephews and neices.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Cole Chapel of the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Noel Bryant, pastor, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Al Murdock. Burial will be in Georgetown Cemetery under the arrangement of Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Home.
Miss Sanders had served the American Association of University Women as historian for a number of years and had been publicity chairman of the association this year. She was, at one time, director of Christian education at First Methodist Church in Denton and has been active in the Wesleyan Service Guild. She was an accredited teacher of training courses for Methodist churches.
The family has requested that memorials be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Cancer Society. - John Randolph Sanders died on 7 March 1995 at age 102 in Harris County, Texas.
- He was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 10 Dec 2013