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Lewis "Tup" Sanders
Born 5-18-1908
Died 4-23-1991
Tup was a twin to Moot.
Their real names were; Lewis and Lois.
TUP WAS A PREACHER
AND MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS IN ARIZONA. HE WAS A PAINTER FOR YEARS AND
PASTORED A PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA FOR YEARS.
Lois "Moot" Sanders
Born 5-18-1908 Died
7-31-1993
I TALKED TO MOOT MANY
TIMES ON THE PHONE AND AT HER HOUSE IN MUSKOGEE. SHE WOULD TELL ME MANY
THINGS ABOUT MY RELATIVES. I WILL TREASURE THOSE TIMES FOREVER. AUNT MOOT
TOLD ME HENRYETTA DUNBACK WAS CALLED AUNT "SKEE" AND EFFIE DUNBACK WAS
CALLED AUNT "SHUG". SHE TOLD ME ABOUT WHEN SHE AND BOBBY, HER SON LIVED
AT GORE WHEN BOB WAS IN THE ARMY IN HAWAII IN WORLD WAR TWO (HE GOT OUT
IN 1945) AND BOBBY WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. SHE SAID THEY HAD LOTS OF CATTLE
AND BOBBY WOULD HAVE TO RIDE A HORSE AND ROUND UP THE CATTLE. HE WAS CHASING
A CALF ONE TIME EIGHT MILES FROM HOME AND THERE WAS A REAL HIGH CLIFF AND
A DROP TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER OF 10-12 FT TO THE REAL DEEP WATER. BOBBY
WAS TRYING TO TURN THE CALF TO HERD IT HOME AND THE CALF RAN RIGHT UP TO
THE BANK AND THEN TURNED! BOBBY AND THE HORSE WENT RIGHT OVER THE BANK
AND INTO THE DEEP WATER! BOBBY HELD ONTO THE SADDLE HORN AND THE HORSE
CAME UP SWIMMING AND SWAM OUT OF THE RIVER. BOBBY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING
TO DIE, BUT THANK GOD HE MADE IT. MOOT SAID WHEN HE TOLD HER ABOUT IT,
SHE SAID, "SON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ROUND UP THEM CATTLE ANYMORE, WE'RE SELLING
THEM AND SHE HAD THEM ALL ROUNDED UP AND SOLD EVERY ONE OF THEM.
SHE ALSO SAID BOBBY JOINED THE AIRFORCE WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD, NOT LONG
AFTER BOB GOT OUT. SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO, BUT UNCLE BOB SIGNED FOR HIM.
HE STAYED IN 2 YEARS AND RE-ENLISTED FOR 4 MORE. HE MARRIED JEAN, A GIRL
HE WENT TO GRADE SCHOOL WITH AND KNEW HER NEARLY ALL HIS LIFE. MOOT TOLD
ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE TODDLING AROUND THAT MAMA CALLED ME "PIG" AND THEN
THEY STARTED CALLING ME "SHOAT" AND MOOT SAID I WOULD TRY TO SAY IT TOO.
SHE SAID WE LIVED IN
A LOG HOUSE AT LENDER BEND. SHE SAID JACK, VIRGINIA AND LITTLE JACKIE LIVED
THERE WITH MAUD. LEWIS HAD DIED IN 1936 BEFORE THEY MOVED TO LINDER BEND. MOOT TOLD ME THAT SHE AND HER FRIEND, MADALENE
WOULD GO SEE RACHEL DAZLEY AND SHE WOULD TELL THEIR FORTUNES WITH COFFEE
GROUNDS. SHE WOULD GIVE THEM A CUP OF COFFEE AND USE THE GROUNDS WHEN THEY
HAD DRANK IT. SHE SAID ONE TIME SHE SAW A PICTURE OF HER AND TUP AND TUP
HAD ON NEW SHOES AND SHE ASKED HER MAMA WHY HE HAD NEW SHOES AND SHE DIDN'T.
HER MAMA SAID TUP HAD THREW ONE OF HIS IN THE FIREPLACE AND IT BURNED UP.
MOOT AND HER HUSBAND BOB EVANS LIVED IN MUSKOGEE FOR YEARS ON LIVEOAK STREET.
I USED TO GO VISIT THEM AFTER I MOVED BACK TO OKLAHOMA FROM CALIFORNIA.
THEY WERE SO GOOD TO ME AND I FELT LOVED BY THEM. THEY WERE SUCH A SWEET
UNCLE AND AUNT. I MISS THEM. MOOT TOLD ME THAT THE OLD MT ZION SCHOOL HOUSE
HAD BURNED AND THAT NAN WAS THERE WHEN IT BURNED. I GUESS AFTER IT BURNED
WAS WHEN THEY BUILT THE RED BRICK SCHOOL THAT DADDY WENT TO.
Jack "Tige" Sanders
Born 3-22-1916 Died
8-8
Tige was daddy's youngest
brother.
JACK "TIGE" WAS A
DEPUTY MARSHAL IN BRAGGS YEARS AGO. I WAS DOWN AT BRAGGS (AUG 94)AND WAXY,
SHELBY RAINES AND MAX REECE WAS IN "WAXY" HENDERSON'S STORE TALKING ABOUT
MY RELATIVES THAT USED TO LIVE AT BRAGGS. THEY KNEW THEM AND VISITED WITH
THEM YEARS AGO. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT WHEN JACK "TIGE" WAS A MARSHAL AND USED
TO ARREST MEN AND BRING THEM IN TO THE JAIL. DADDY SAID JACK "TIGE" WAS
A DEPUTY MARSHALL AFTER WORLD WAR 2.
I USED TO LOVE TO
GO TO JACK AND VIRGINIA'S HOUSE NEAR GORE. DADDY WOULD TAKE US DOWN THERE
AND I JUST LOVED THE COUSINS, MARY ELLEN, NADINE AND JACKIE. WE ALL HAD
SO MUCH FUN. ONE TIME I REMEMBER MARY ELLEN AND I DECIDED TO JUMP ACROSS
A DIPPING VAT AND DADDY TOLD ME NOT TO. I DID ANYWAY AND THAT IS THE FIRST
AND ONLY SPANKING I EVER GOT FROM MY DADDY. HE BARELY SWATTED ME AND FELT
SO GUILTY, HE HAD UNCLE TIGE HITCH UP THE WAGON AND TEAM OF HORSES AND
WE WENT TO GORE TO A STORE TO GET ICE CREAM. THE OLD STORE BUILDING IS
STILL DOWN AT GORE. I WAS DOWN THERE AND SAW IT. I LOVE GOING TO GORE AND
ESPECIALLY BRAGGS. BRAGGS IS LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME TO ANOTHER ERA. IT
IS GREAT! JACK AND FAMILY USED TO LIVE IN MUSKOGEE AND WE WOULD GO OVER
THERE AND STAY A FEW DAYS AND PLAY WITH THE COUSINS. NORMA RUTH AND I GOT
TO VISIT A LOT AFTER I CAME BACK TO OKLAHOMA IN 1990. SHE WAS LITTLE WHEN
WE USED TO GO TO THEIR HOUSE WHEN WE WERE KIDS, BUT I REMEMBER HER. SHE
IS A LOT LIKE ME. OUR PERSONALITY'S ARE SIMILAR. ONE TIME I CALLED HER
UP WHEN WE BOTH LIVED IN MUSKOGEE AND I SAID "LETS GO TO McDONALD'S, GET
THE KIDS BOXES WITH THE PRIZE AND ALL, GO TO THE HONOR HEIGHTS PARK, EAT
AND PLAY. WE DID JUST THAT! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. OUR PRIZES WAS A LITTLE
BARBIE DOLL THING. I STILL HAVE MINE. WE EVEN CLIMBED UP THE WATERFALL
AND WADED IN THE WATER. WE WENT TO THE TOP.
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