Love Co., OK. - Obit for Cecil Roy "C.R." Anderson Sr.

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                Obit for Cecil Roy "C.R." Anderson Sr.

Services for Cecil Roy "C.R." Anderson Sr., 70, of Marietta, were held at 1
p.m., Monday, December 31, in the First Baptist Church in Marietta, with the
Rev. Lawrence Anderson, the Rev. Emmett Jones, the Rev. Tommy Higle, the Rev.
Harold Brewer and the Rev. Elmo Toles Jr. officiating.

Mr. Anderson was born March 6, 1931, at Burneyville, the son of Floyd B. and
Nona Beaird Anderson. He died Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at Mercy Memorial
Health Center in Ardmore.

Mr. Anderson had lived in Love County all of his life. He and Pearlene Simmons
were married October 13, 1962, in Marietta, and she preceded him in death on
August 24, 1997. A veteran of the Korean Conflict, Mr. Anderson served in the
U.S. Army from September 1952 to June 1954. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy
in March 1957 and served until March 1961 as a personnel clerk. Mr. Anderson
attended training classes through the University of Oklahoma for his
supervisory position at Georgia Pacific Roofing from which he retired after 34
years. Mr. Anderson was a charter member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in
Marietta.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jr. and Carla Anderson of
Marietta; a stepson and daughter-in-law, Marvin and Jeanette Gaines of Langley;
two daughters, Judy Bias of Norman and Diana Anderson Burns of Ardmore; one
grandson, four granddaughters, one step-grandson and five step-granddaughters.

Mr. Anderson was also preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Cleophus
Anderson.

Pallbearers were Frankie Lornes, Larry Gaines, Russell Tanner, Roy Gaines,
Anthony Brown and James Coleman. Honorary pallbearers were Melroy Gaines, Ray
Douglas, Billy Rambo, Frank Lornes, Richard Sosa, Denny Hornbeak, Neil Robnett
and Jesse Kirk.

Interment was in Dunbar Cemetery in Burneyville, under the direction of
Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.

Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, January 4, 2002.