The

Sanders Family

of

Clay County

Tennessee

Contributed By Jane Hembree Crowley


Sanders Photos

Sisters Nancy Sanders Hembree (b. 19 Mar 1895 in Butlers Landing in Clay County; d. 22 Apr 1984 in Sparta, TN (White Co.) and Fannie Pearlie Sanders Cunningham (b. 15 Aug. 1902, also at Butlers Landing). They were daughters of Jonathan William Sanders and Lucy Woods (see photos below). Nancy married John L. Hembree on 26 Nov. 1916 in White County. Fannie married Leslie Gordon Cunningham on 26 Oct. 1918 in Bedford County.


Lucy Woods Sanders (b. 2 Jun. 1873; d. 2 Jul. 1949 in Shelbyville, TN in Bedford County).


Jonathan William "Will" Sanders (b. 7 Apr. 1872 in White County; d. 5 Mar. 1942 in Shelbyville in Bedford County). He was the son of Francis "Frank" M. Sanders and Margaret Jane Hull Sanders.



John L. Hembree (b. 8 Jun. 1895; d. 18 Nov. 1983) and Nancy Sanders Hembree. John is holding their first-born, Howard Simpson Hembree (b. 9 Mar. 1918). Nancy is holding their second child, son Fred Buis Hembree (b . 19 Nov. 1919 in Walling, TN; d. 29 Mar. 1986 in Lebanon, TN).


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