Obituaries:  Mary Sandel Anderson, Sabine Parish       A-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 14, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mary Sandel Anderson (Photo)

  Mary Elizabeth Sandel Anderson died at her home in Sandel, on
Tuesday, March 6, 2001, after a lengthy illness. She was 77.

  Mary was born, September 6, 1923, in Sandel, to Monroe Addison
Sandel, and Jessie Louise Pruitt Sandel. She graduated from
Florien High School, and attended business school in Lake
Charles. She married Luther Lee Anderson of Florien. The were
divorced.

  She retired after 30 years of service with the federal
government, and belonged to the National Association of Retired
Federal Employees. She was a lifelong member of Prospect
Methodist Church, where she was the pianist and treasurer for
many years. She also enjoyed crocheting, and was an avid reader.

  Survivors include her sisters, Katherine Self, and Sammie
Morales of Florien, Addison Sandel of Many, and Jessie V. Grimes
of Pasadena, Texas; five of her children, Robert Anderson,
Michael Anderson and wife Debbie, and Samuel Anderson of Florien,
Arlene Martinez and husband Sylvester of Zwolle, and Carole
Anderson and husband William Kissick of Boulder, Colo.; and seven
grandchildren, Austin Brown, and Jan of North Carolina, Jason
Martinez and wife Liz of Shreveport, Shane Anderson and his wife
Amy of Kingsville, Texas, Suni Edison of Woodbridge, Va.,
Christopher Brown and wife Gina of Zwolle, and Marilyn and Tessa
Anderson of Florien; seven great grandchildren, Michael Rogers,
and Kyle Martinez, Ethan, Joey, and Susannah Anderson, and Lance,
and Dylan Brown; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

  A daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Anderson Brown; two sisters,
Velma, and an unnamed infant; and her parents preceded her in
death.

  Funeral services were held at Prospect U.M.C. in Florien on
Friday, March 9. The Rev. John Koelemay, and Dr. William Boyd
co-officiated. Interment was at the Prospect Cemetery.

  Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many, La.