Another name is stricken from the ever lessening role of our old settlers, Mr. A.M. Sanders in his 74th year, passed away at his home here yesterday afternoon shortly after 1 o’clock. For more than three years, Mr. Sanders had been in declining health, it having been that long since he was able to walk up town. Two months ago, he was driven down town but since that time had been growing more and more feeble. Heart trouble was the malady that weakened his constitution and finally caused his death.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at the home at 3:30 o’clock. Only the simple burial service will be read, which will be conducted by his pastor, Rev. A.J. Parker. Interment will be made in the family plot in the city cemetery.
The deceased was the third child of Lucien H and Marticia Marsh Sanders. He was born in Johnston county on December 23, 1851. On May 15, 1876 he was married to Miss Eliabeth Willis Sanders, and had he lived until next May a full half century of married life would have been rounded out. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders lived in Cleveland township near Oakland church when they were first married, and lived in that section of the county until 1904, when they with their family re-moved to Smithfield. The deceased served as deputy sheriff during the administration of the late ex-Sheriffs J.T. Ellington and Millard Nowell. For five years he was postmaster of Smithfield, during the Wilson administration. He resigned this position on account of his health and was never well after that time. At one time he was supervisor of the prison camp at Hoffman.
Mr. Sanders was a faithful member of the Methodist church. He joined the church some years ago at Elizabeth, but when he located in Smithfield he moved his membership here. He leaves as a monument to him and his aged wife who survives, a family of Christian sons and daughters: Mrs. T.W. LeMay, Miss Bettie Lee Sanders, Mr. Lee E. Sanders, of this city, Mrs. Ed A. Holt of Princeton, and Mrs. John C. Hood of Kinston. Two daughters, the youngest and the oldest, died in infancy. Besides his immediate family, he leaves one brother, Mr. W.T. Sanders of Wilson, and one sister, Mrs. W.R. Long of this city.
The service this afternoon will e simple, in keeping with the life of the deceased. The active pallbearers were Messrs. H.D. Ellington, E.S. Edmundson, J.W. Smith, G.B. Smith, J.H. Abell, O.H. Patterson, Dr. A.H. Rose and Dr. Thel Hooks.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1925
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