Aunt Minnie Sanders Lester

This beautiful young mother is my grandmother's (Flossie Mae Sanders Pope) oldest sibling, Minnie ( Martha) with her husband Lindsey Lester and 2 of her 9 living (11 births) children.  Aunt Minnie was 18 years old when my grandmother was born, in 1907.  Bessie, sitting on Uncle Lindsey's lap was born the same year.

Hamilton Jackson SANDERS-1 (1850-1900)  Tennessee

      sp-Docia C. STRICKLIN-2 (1856-1913)  Alabama

         2-- John "Jack" Robert Hamilton, SR. SANDERS-3 (1870-1918)  Madison County,Tennessee

          sp-Julia Ann DICKERSON-10 (1869-1918)  Tennessee

             3-- Martha Ann " Minnie" SANDERS-11 (1889-1983)  Tennessee

              sp-William Lindsey LESTER-17 (1878-1960)  Kentucky

                 4-- Bessie LESTER-18 (1907-    )  Cardwell,Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Chester William LESTER-19 (1910-    )  Cardwell,Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Dessie LESTER-20 (1913-    )  Cardwell,Dunklin County,Missouri

                  sp-Earl M. VAUGHN-29 (    -    )

                 4-- Vinna LESTER-21 (1916-    )  Cardwell,Dunklin County,Missouri

                  sp-Henderson RANSOM-30 (    -    )

                 4-- Clayton Sylvester LESTER-22 (1917-1998)  Dunklin County,Missouri

                  sp-Ellene VAUGHN-31 (    -    )

                    5-- Janet LESTER-32 (    -    )

                     5-- Jerold LESTER-33 (    -    )

                 4-- J. R. LESTER-23 (1921-1997)  Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Bertin LESTER-24 (1923-1924)  Buffalo,Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Eula Captola LESTER-25 (1925-2003)  Paragould,Greene County,Arkansas

                  sp-Billy W. LAMBERT,-34 (1924-1990)  Dunklin County,Missouri

                     5-- Billy W., JR. LAMBERT,-35 (1954-2006)  Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Jerold Leon LESTER-26 (1927-2002)  Cardwell,Dunklin County,Missouri

                  sp-Beulah "Boots" G. SISSOM-36 (1930-1994)

                     5-- Alice Jane LESTER-37 (    -    )

                     5-- Joy Kay LESTER-38 (    -    )

                 4-- William D. LESTER-27 (1929-1930)  Dunklin County,Missouri

                 4-- Elizabeth Louise LESTER-28 (1930-1931)

My Grandmother gave me this photo when I was a teenager.  It has been sitting in a frame on an antique secretary since I was 20 years old.... or 40 years.  The frame I found as a teenager, as well.  They just go together don't they?

As a young teen and adult, I remember my grandmother living in a home owned by Aunt Minnie on their cotton farm in Cardwell, Missouri.  Aunt Minnie lived down the dirt road,  in the "big house".  My grandmother was 5 foot nothing and Aunt Minnie, aptly named,  was much smaller.  Partly, I'm sure, from age. 

I would like to give this photo to someone directly descended from her.  So many have passed on that I have no idea how to begin finding that certain person who would love it as much as I have. 

My email is available. In the meantime,  I'll continue to take care of them.