Bessie Myrle Sanderson

Bessie Myrle Sanderson

Female 1903 - 2003  (100 years)

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  • Name Bessie Myrle Sanderson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 13 Mar 1903  Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13
    • Bertie's Twin
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Census 1920  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Civil District 3 
    Residence 1924  Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Bessie and Basil Cobb 
    Census 1930  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Census 1940  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence Jul 1944  Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Mrs CB Cobb 
    Census 1950  Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Basil Cobb 
    Residence Apr 1963  Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Mrs. BC Cobb 
    Obituary May 2003  Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Leaf-Chronicle 
    Death 15 May 2003  Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 12
    Burial Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried with Basil Cobb
    Person ID I27204  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father James Elliott Sanderson,   b. 8 Oct 1878, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1944, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Willie Juanita Bryant,   b. 1 Jan 1881, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1963, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1899  [17
    Family ID F11571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Basil Coy Cobb,   b. 27 May 1899, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1963, Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1920  [14
    Children 
     1. Dorothy L Cobb,   b. 25 Oct 1921, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 2012, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     2. Pauline J Cobb,   b. 1927, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Vivian Ann Cobb,   b. Abt 1930, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 2016 (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     4. Edna Myrle Cobb,   b. 25 Sep 1931, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1988, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [natural]
     5. James Coy Cobb,   b. 17 Oct 1923, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1965 (Age 41 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F11720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 William Harold Wright,   b. 5 Feb 1909, Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1987, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1971  [1, 18
    Family ID F11611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Mar 1903 - Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1910 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Civil District 3 - 1920 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Bessie and Basil Cobb - 1924 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1930 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1940 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mrs CB Cobb - Jul 1944 - Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Basil Cobb - 1950 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mrs. BC Cobb - Apr 1963 - Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Leaf-Chronicle - May 2003 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 May 2003 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Sanderson Siblings
    Sanderson Siblings
    Bessie Myrle Sanderson
    Bessie Myrle Sanderson

    Headstones
    Cemetery-Resthaven Memorial Gardens (Clarksville TN)
    Cemetery-Resthaven Memorial Gardens (Clarksville TN)

    Arms and Icons ~DNA-L(F)
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    News
    News-WRIGHT Bessie (Creditors)
    News-WRIGHT Bessie (Creditors)
    OBITUARY-POST Myrtle Clarisse (Sanderson) Smith
    OBITUARY-POST Myrtle Clarisse (Sanderson) Smith
    Obituary-SANDERSON James Elliott
    Obituary-SANDERSON James Elliott
    Obituary-WRIGHT Bessie Myrle (Sanderson)
    Obituary-WRIGHT Bessie Myrle (Sanderson)
    Obituary-WRIGHT William Harold
    Obituary-WRIGHT William Harold

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Bessie Merle Cobb.

    2. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.

    3. [S405] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967
      Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967


    4. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 3, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1522; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 0168; FHL microfilm: 1375535.
      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census


    5. [S230] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
      U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995


    6. [S213] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 409-01-8008; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Birth date: 27 Apr 1904 Birth place: Death date: 10 Jan 1994 Death place: Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States of America

    7. [S27] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3937; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 81-3.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    8. [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 654.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    9. [S2275] Obituary of Myrtle Post - Nashville Tennessean - 1989, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 18 Aug 1989;), Myrtle Clarisse Sanderson Smith Post Obituary.
      POST, Mrs. Myrtle Smith - Age 87. August 16 1989. She is survived by two sons, Mr & Mrs Harold E (Nancy) Smith of Little Rock AR, Mr & Mrs Ed R (Clara) Smith of Nashville; two daughters, Eleanor Wooten of Nashville and Mr & Mrs Lonnie (Anne) Hamilton of Hot Springs Village AR; one brother, Bryant Sanderson; three sisters, Margie Williams, Bessie Wright and Bertie Weaver; fourteen grandchildren
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/112511068/?article=05bb5a43-58c5-489c-a949-3e051a3ba3df&focus=0.5084411,0.5398009,0.66752476,0.67408824&xid=2378
      OBITUARY-POST Myrtle Clarisse (Sanderson) Smith
      OBITUARY-POST Myrtle Clarisse (Sanderson) Smith


    10. [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 2/ Apr/ 1963; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/353371295/?article=db1fe62c-3b15-45f3-92a6-f4bc2954d72d&focus=0.2733024,0.51527745,0.39017698,0.7.

    11. [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 16/ Feb/ 1987; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/367523800/?article=80cd309e-19a0-43d3-b7a7-eacacc718932&focus=0.3327677,0.7732009,0.48703283,0.9.

    12. [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    13. [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Robertson, Tennessee.
      1950 United States Federal Census
      1950 United States Federal Census


    14. [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1761; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: .
      Record for Willie Sanderson
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census


    15. [S2317] Obituary of J E Sanderson - Nashville Tennessean - 1944, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 16 Jul 1944;), James Elliott Sanderson Obituary.
      Funeral rites for James E. Sanderson, 63, who died In a Nahville hospital after a few days serious illness, were conducted Monday, July 17, by the pastor of the Methodist Church, the Rev George W. Baxter. The Daniel Quartet had charge of the songs, rendering appropriate selectins and burial was in the Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Sanderson was a native of Montgomery County but had made his home in the Stampers Chapel Community until the area was absorbed into the Camp Campbell project. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Stamper’s Chapel. Surviving are his wife, four daughters. Mrs. Mack Smith. Nashville, Mrs. C.B. Cobb, Adams, Mrs. Walter Weaver. Detroit, and Mrs. J.T. Willlams Lafayette, Ky, three sons, Herman and Noble Sanderson of Detroit, Mich. and Bryant Sanderson of the U.S. Navy, two sisters, Mrs. Callie Minnehan, Woodlawn and Mrs. Viola Foster, Clarksville; two brothers, B.R. and Mannie Sanderson of Clarksville.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46753506/the-tennessean/?xid=637
      Obituary-SANDERSON James Elliott
      Obituary-SANDERSON James Elliott


    16. [S2058] Obituary of Willie Sanderson - Leaf-Chronicle 2 Apr 1963, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 2 Apr 1963;), Willie Juanita Bryant Sanderson Obituary.
      Mrs Willie Juanita Sanderson, 82, died at 5:00am this morning in the Lyle Nursing Home of Hopkinsville after an extended illness.
      Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00pm at Murphy Funeral Home where the body will remain until then. The Rev George Baxter will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
      A native of Stewart County, Mrs Sanderson was the daughter of the late Milas and Elizabeth Harrell Bryant, She was the widow of the late James Elliott Sanderson.
      She is survived by three sons, Vernon Sanderson of Royal Oaks, Michigan; Noble Sanderson of Hopkinsville; and Bryant Sanderson of Madison; and four daughters, Mrs Mack Smith of Nashville, Mrs. BC Cobb of Adams; Mrs Bertie Weaver of Madison Heights, Michigan; and Mrs JT Williams of Hopkinsville; one brother, Offie Bryant of Evansville, Indiana; and one sister, Mrs Viola Cato of Hopkinsville; 31 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildrren, and one great-great-grandchild.
      Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
      She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hopkinsville.
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/353371295/?article=db1fe62c-3b15-45f3-92a6-f4bc2954d72d&focus=0.2733024,0.51527745,0.39017698,0.7888637&xid=2378

    17. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1600; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 61.
      Record for Millie Sanderson
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census


    18. [S1368] Obituary of William Wright - Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 1987, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 16 Feb 1987;), Obituary of William Harold Wright.
      William Harold Wright, 78, Route 15 died Saturday, Feb 14 1987 at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
      The funeral will be at Neal-Tarpley Chapel, with the Revs James Clapp and Bobby Swift officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.
      Visitation will be until the hour of service at the funeral home.
      He was born in Duncan, Okla Feb 5 1909, a son of James E and Charity Jane Wisdom Wright.
      He was a retired district superintendent for Halliburton Oil Co, Oklahoma; a Mason; and a member of Red River Baptist Church, Adams.
      Survivors include his wife, Bessie Sanderson Wright, Clarksville; a daughter, Patricia Spillman, Vernal, Utah; four stepdaughters, Dorothy Coleman, Clarksville, Pauline Smith and Merle Qualls, both of Springfield, and Vivian Fox, Goodlettsville, a brother, Orvil Wright, Gaithersburg, MD; a sister, Mildred Coffett, Duncan, Okla; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
      Pallbearers will be Fred Goodman, Harold Goodman, FE Head, Leslie Kink, Dennis Wix, William Arms, Clarence Donley, John B Nolon, and Gilbert Rust.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46899470/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637
      Obituary-WRIGHT William Harold
      Obituary-WRIGHT William Harold