Paula G. Sanders

Female30 September 1935–27 March 2011

Brief Life History of Paula G.

When Paula G. Sanders was born on 30 September 1935, in Marion, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Roy Sanders, was 26 and her mother, Pluma Elaine Hall, was 23. She married Alfred Lynn Speights in February 1955. She lived in Beat 2, Marion, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 27 March 2011, in Columbia, Marion, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States.

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Alfred Lynn Speights
1933–2017
Paula G. Sanders
1935–2011
Marriage: February 1955

Sources (2)

  • Paula Guin Sauders, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Paula G. Sanders Speights, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    February 1955
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 2

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County

    Age 4

    Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.

    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

    Age 20

    The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

    Name Meaning

    English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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