Tena Sanders
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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  1. 1. Summary
  2. 2. Biography & Family History
  3. 3. Family Tree & Genealogy
  4. 4. Obituary
  5. 5. Family Photos
  6. 6. Memories
  7. 7. Additional Records
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Tena Sanders (1912 - 2002)

Tena Sanders was born on January 26, 1912 in New Hope, Arkansas. She was born into the Hill family and married into the Sanders family. She died on November 25, 2002 at age 90. We know that Tena Sanders had been residing in Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
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Tena Sanders Biography & Family History

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Birth


New Hope, Howard county, Arkansas

Death

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Last Known Residence

Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma

Average Age

Tena Sanders lived 21 years longer than the average Hill family member when she died at the age of 90.

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Professions

Rancher/farmer

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Maiden name

Hill

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Gender

Female

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Reuben Walker Mervine

Reuben Walker Mervine

Jeffrey W Kenney

Jeffrey W Kenney

Elmer Lile and Maggie Hill

Elmer Lile and Maggie Hill

Harold Hill

Harold Hill

Alice Mae (Range) Hill

Alice Mae (Range) Hill

Walter and Clara (Hill) Christman

Walter and Clara (Hill) Christman

Chrissy Hill

Chrissy Hill

Chrissy Hill

Chrissy Hill

Mary Edith Hill

Mary Edith Hill

John Ansley Hill Sr.

John Ansley Hill Sr.

Patricia L Hill

Patricia L Hill

Madeline (Hill) and Richard Gifford Willis

Madeline (Hill) and Richard Gifford Willis

Glenna F Smith

Glenna F Smith

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Betty Jean (Brittian) Hill Reuben Walker Mervine Jeffrey W Kenney Elmer Lile and Maggie Hill

Timeline

1912 - In the year that Tena Sanders was born, the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.

1940 - When she was 28 years old, on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

1941 - At the age of 29 years old, Tena was alive when in his State of the Union address on January 6th, President Roosevelt detailed the "four freedoms" that everyone in the world should have: Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear. In the same speech, he outlined the benefits of democracy which he said were economic opportunity, employment, social security, and the promise of "adequate health care".

1959 - When she was 47 years old, on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

1978 - By the time she was 66 years old, on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.

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Tena Sanders passed away on November 25, 2002 at 90 years of age. No cause of death has been listed for Tena. She was born on January 26, 1912 in New Hope, Arkansas. We have no information about Tena's immediate family. We know that Tena Sanders had been residing in Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

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