Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameMaudeleen Leona MANUEL [48185], [52859]
BirthMay 6, 1917 [52859]
DeathJan 23, 1999 [52859]
BurialOakwood Cemetery, 16th Street, Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia [52859]
Spouses
BirthAug 2, 1917, Pulaski County, Virginia [48185]
DeathMar 5, 1998, Pulaski County, Virginia [48185]
BurialOakwood Cemetery, 16th Street, Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia [48185]
FatherJames David SAUNDERS (1880-1947)
MotherGrace Dobbins HALL (1885-1940)
ChildrenNicholas Edwin (1941-2016)
Obituary Online notes for Maudeleen Leona MANUEL
Maudeleen Manuel Saunders, of 616 5th St. N.E. Pulaski, died Saturday evening Jan. 23,1999 in Pulaski Community Hospital.

Born May 6,1917 in Pulaski County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Eula Coalson Manuel and Kelcy S. Manuel.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Edwin Saunders and a sister, Dorothy Andrews.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Nicholas Edwin Saunders and Barbara P. Saunders of Richmond; one brother, Kenneth S. Manuel of Pulaski and one sister, Mrs. Carl "Colleen" Schmidt of Christiansburg; one grand- daughter, Susan Saunders of Atlanta and one grandson, Nicholas Edwin Saunders Jr. of Richmond; a special niece and her family, Sylvia Saunders Smith of Pulaski.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home with Rev. H. J. Longnecker officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

Visiting will be anytime after 2 p.m. Monday and the family will receive friends Monday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home.

PAGE 2-THE SOUTHWEST TIMES, PULASKI, VA., MONDAY, JANUARY 25,1999.
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Obituary Online notes for James Edwin (Spouse 1)
PULASKI - James Edwin Saunders, age 80, of 616 Fifth St., N.E., Pulaski died Thursday, March 5, 1998 in Columbia Pulaski Community Hospital.

Born August 2, 1917 in Pulaski County, he was the son of the late James David Saunders and Gracie Hall Saunders.

He was an employee of Radford Arsenal for 32 years.

He is survived by his wife, Maudeleen Manuel Saunders, one son and daughter-in-law, Nicholas Edwin Saunders and Barbara P. Saunders of Richmond; one granddaughter, Susan Saunders of Atlanta, Ga.; one grandson, Nicholas Edwin Saunders, Jr. of Roanoke; and a special niece and family, Sylvia Saunders Smith of Pulaski.

[Published in the Southwest Times March 6, 1998.]
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