All I have on Rufus is his obit:
February 5, 1948 - Page Four - The Sikeston Herald (Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri)
SERVICES HELD FOR RUFUS W. SAILORS
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Dogwood Church near East Prairie for Rufus W. ( Tobe ) Sailors, 38 years old, who died in San Francisco, Cal., January 28. Rev O.C. Lewis had charge of rites with interment in the Dogwood cemetery with Taylor service.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruby Sailors, and a son; also surviving are four brothers, Mac Sailors of Sikeston, V.W. Sailors or East Prairie, Duff and Joe Sailors of San Francisco; six sisters, Bessie Vaughn, Ercie Jeffrey, and Margaret Niswonger, all of San Francisco, Ruth Gray of Barlow, Ky., Virginia Brown of Wyatt, and Faye dean Middelton of Mitchell, ILL.

But I do have census entries on the parents of John Richard Sailors:
1910 - Long Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri; Roll: T624_799; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 96; Image: 332.
John Saylor...55...IL, TN, MO...farmer, general
Mary Saylor...45...MO, MO, MO...wife
Luther Saylor...20...MO, IL, MO...son
Herman Saylor...6...MO, MO, MO...grandson
next door to John Richard Sailors

1920 - Saint James, Mississippi, Missouri
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Saint James, Mississippi, Missouri; Roll: T625_932; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 111; Image: 961
John H Sailors...64...IL, IL, IL...owns home...cannot read/write
Mary S Sailors...50...TN, Ireland, Mississippi
Maggie Harr...14...MO, TN, MO...granddaughter
Arthur F Barker...8...Arkansas, MO, MO...grandson