Roy Sanders (Louisiana politician)

Roy Sanders (February 14, 1904 – December 25, 1976) was an educator from rural Chestnut in northern Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1948 to 1952, corresponding with the second administration of Governor Earl Kemp Long.[1]

Roy Sanders
Louisiana State Representative for Natchitoches Parish
In office 1948–1952
Preceded by	Sylvan Friedman Numa T. Delouche
Succeeded by	Monnie T. Cheves Curtis Boozman
Personal details
Born	(1904-02-14)February 14, 1904 Winn Parish Louisiana, USA
Died	December 25, 1976(1976-12-25) (aged 72) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Resting place	Brushwood Baptist Cemetery in Readhimer, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ottice Dark Sanders
Children	Benny Lynn Sanders Mary Faith Sanders Weaver Dana Roy Sanders, Sr.
Residence	Chestnut, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana
Occupation	Educator

An educator, Sanders, a native of Winn Parish, was for twenty-eight years the principal of rural Readhimer High School in Readhimer, north of Chestnut. As an educator, he worked to promote adult education.[2]

Sanders was married to the former Ottice L. Dark (1902-1993), also a native of Winn Parish and the eighth of thirteen children of Frances Melissa Faith (1872-1948) and William Lee Dark (1870-1952), a Lincoln Parish native, a farmer in the Gaars Mill community, and member and former president of the Winn Parish Police Jury.[3] Roy and Ottice Sanders had three children, Benny Lynn Sanders (born 1931), Mary Faith Sanders Weaver (born 1933), and Dana Roy Sanders, Sr. (born 1944).[2][4]

Sanders died in the early morning hours of Christmas Day, 1976 in Natchitoches Parish Hospital in Natchitoches.[2] He and his wife, who died in Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern Louisiana in 1993,[4] are interred at Brushwood Baptist Cemetery in Readhimer, Louisiana.[2]

References

1. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
2. "Roy Sanders". Winnfield, Louisiana: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American. December 29, 1976. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
3. "William Lee Dark". Winn Parish Enterprise. August 14, 1952. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
4. "Family of Ottice L. Dark". cnr2.kent.edu. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

Preceded by Sylvan Friedman Numa T. Delouche	Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches Parish Roy Sanders 1948–1952 Served alongside: Sylvan Friedman	Succeeded by Monnie T. Cheves Curtis Boozman