National Guard Veteran
We moved to a farm in the Estacado area, October 1913. My father was James Dave Fugitt, my mother Exale Dunlap Fugitt. The children were: Coll, Walter, Flora, Jo.B., Winnie and Allie. Walter passed away in February 1914. We were new in the community and of course, knew very few people, but they were so kind, sympathetic and helpful. The neighbors came to aid us in every way possible, in this our time of sorrow, by cars, buggies, horseback and wagons. In those years, there were more people living in the country than in the small towns, as I remember.Estacado was a very small town and consisted of a general store, post office, a blacksmith shop, a large two-story school house and one church building. The Baptist and Methodist shared the building for their services. There were some nice dwellings in Estacado, two very tall houses, with an upstairs, many windows and many rooms.
There were some things I well remember; the prairie fires, the bad sand storms and the cold, cold snow blizzard on January 11, 1918. Most of the land was in grass and the prairie fires would get started in some way and the high wind would get it moving across the country. The people would plow around their houses to protect them from the blaze. Everyone could hardly believe how the blaze could burn so high, with the grass so low.
The people visited their neighbors, went to town once a week for supplies, to church on Sundays and we also had school programs for entertainment.
Written by Mrs. Jo.B. Fugitt SandersEstacado Cradle of Culture and Civilizations on The Staked Plains of Texas ©1986 by John Cooper Jenkins
IDALOU (Special) - Services for Sam Sanders, 91, of Idalou were held, Wednesday, November 15th in White Memorial Chapel with the Reverend Jack Hargraves, Assembly of God pastor, officiating.Burial followed in Lorenzo Cemetery under direction of White Funeral Home.
He died at 8 p.m. Sunday in his residence.
He was born in Whitener, Madison Co., Arkansas. He moved to the Lubbock area in 1914 and attended school in Estacado. He married Jo B. Fugitt, June 29, 1921, in Estacado. He moved to Idalou in 1948. He was a retired farmer. He served in the National Guard and was a member of the Assembly of God.
A son, Clayton and a daughter, Yvonne, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Euna Fay Harris of Victoria; five grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
Lorenzo Examiner, November 21, 1989
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
(Note from Colleen Nash: He was born in the same log cabin as his dad, A. J. Sanders.)
Mrs. Sanders was born April 7, 1904 in Throckmorton to James David and Exah Dunlap Fugitt. She moved to Estacado in 1909 where she attended school and lived in Crosby and Lubbock Counties until her death. She married Sam Newton Sanders in Estacado June 29, 1921.
Jo B. Sanders was a devoted Christian. She was a member of the Idalou Assembly of God Church and served our Lord faithfully for many years as a teacher and organist in her church.
Funeral services were held in the Idalou Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Jack Hargrave, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in Lorenzo Cemetery.
A son, Clayton, and a daughter, Yvonne, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Euna Fae Harris of Victoria; a sister, Mrs. Flora Glaze of Pasadena; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Submitted by Coleen Nash - paper unknown
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