Obituaries:  Reuben Dale (Andy) Anderson, Sabine Parish       A-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 4, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Reuben Dale (Andy) Anderson

  Reuben Dale (Andy) Anderson, born April 15, 1922, in Many,
Louisiana, died November 23, 1991, in a Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
November 27, at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many.

  He was a resident of Manden, North Dakota for approximately the
last 10 years. He was raised in Doyline, La., where he was active
in the Baptist Church, and participated in the high school
basketball program. He went on to further his studies at
Mississippi College, and Tulane University. He enlisted in the
Navy in World War II, and spent his tour in the South Pacific. He
went on to a career in the pipeline industry, which involved
meeting and touching the hearts of people all across the country
for 36 years. Most notable, some 20 years in Nashville,
Tennessee, where he raised his three children, and worked for H.
C. Price Construction Co. He spent his last years in North
Dakota, providing companionship for senior citizens. He will long
be remembered for all the lives he touched.

  He is preceded in death by his father, Carl Emil Anderson; his
mother, Laura Belle Anderson; his brother, Virgil Anderson; and a
grandchild, James A. Grau.

  He leaves to mourn his passing, a close and dear friend, Marilyn
Renner of Mandan, N. D.; a daughter, Marian S. Sparks and her
husband Harry of Baytown, Tex.; 2 sons, William M. Anderson of
Baytown, Tex. And his wife Denise, and Marc D. Anderson of
Livingston, La. and his wife Kathy; one sister, Alice Hines of
Natchitoches, La.; two brothers, Dr. Maurice J. Anderson of Los
Angeles, Calif., and Dr. Howard Anderson of Baton Rouge, La.;
four grandchildren, Matthew D. and Mandi L. Anderson, and Rusty
R., and Gary L. Sparks; numerous other relatives; and many dear
friends throughout the country.