Individual Details

Elizabeth May Roan

(22 Jul 1896 - 20 May 1948)

Place of death taken from the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index. Her obituary in the News-Star of the 25th, spells her name "Liddie Sandford". It states that she died at her home in Calhoun. She was survived by husband Vollie, sons Vollie, Jr., Kenneth, Evan, Eugene, Edwin and A. of Calhoun, and daughters Mrs. E.T. Ware, Mrs. A.B. Worley, Mrs. Scott Templeton and Mrs. C.M. Miller of Shiroi, Japan; her mother Mrs. Julia Roan and sister Mrs. Laney Crocker of Calhoun also survived.
According to the transcript of her death certificate found on familysearch, Lizzie was born at Calhoun, LA to Sam C. Roan and Julia Dumas. She was the wife of Vollie Sanford and died at Choudrant, Ouachita Parish. Her brother William Elijah "Willie" Roan is also buried in Beulah.
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Headstone indexed in 1956 by the Chief Tusquahoma Chapter DAR for the book, "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions: Volume I Ouachita Parish", page 165.
Place of death taken from the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index. Her obituary in the News-Star of the 25th, spells her name "Liddie Sandford". It states that she died at her home in Calhoun. She was survived by husband Vollie, sons Vollie, Jr., Kenneth, Evan, Eugene, Edwin and A. of Calhoun, and daughters Mrs. E.T. Ware, Mrs. A.B. Worley, Mrs. Scott Templeton and Mrs. C.M. Miller of Shiroi, Japan; her mother Mrs. Julia Roan and sister Mrs. Laney Crocker of Calhoun also survived.
According to the transcript of her death certificate found on familysearch, Lizzie was born at Calhoun, LA to Sam C. Roan and Julia Dumas. She was the wife of Vollie Sanford and died at Choudrant, Ouachita Parish. Her brother William Elijah "Willie" Roan is also buried in Beulah.
Inscription: A loving mother and a faithful friend.

Events

Birth22 Jul 1896Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Marriage6 Dec 1913West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana - Vollie Sanford Sr.
Census (family)3 Jan 1920Ouachita Parish, Louisiana - Vollie Sanford Sr.
Census (family)2 Apr 1940Ouachita Parish, Louisiana - Vollie Sanford Sr.
Death20 May 1948Choudrant, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Burial22 May 1948Beulah Cemetery, Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Families

SpouseVollie Sanford Sr. (1894 - 1966)
ChildKatie Florine Sanford (1916 - 2000)
ChildBeatrice Odoul Sanford (1918 - 2000)
ChildArlis "Buck" Sanford Sr. (1921 - 2003)
ChildHelen Laurice Sanford (1923 - 2014)
ChildDelores Joe Sanford (1926 - 2018)
ChildVollie Sanford Jr. (1928 - 2012)
ChildKenneth Sanford (1932 - )
ChildGeorge Evin Sanford (1932 - 2001)
ChildEugene Sanford (1935 - )
ChildRalph Edwin Sanford (1936 - 1970)
ChildGloria Jean Sanford (1937 - 1937)

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