Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - Vernia Mae Anders *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Vernia Mae Anders Vernia Mae Anders, 83, of Stamford, passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2006. Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Brigham officiating. Graveside services were at the Henson Cemetery in Red Springs at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday. Vernia Mae was born May 20, 1923 in Loving, Oklahoma to Joseph William and Jewel Victoria Cheek. She was raised in and around the Seymour area and moved to Stamford in 1962. She married Roy Howard Henson on October 18, 1940 in Ballinger. He passed away in 1957. She married Bobby Fay Anders on December 3, 1965 in Fredericksburg, Texas. He passed away in 1998. She is survived by 3 sons: Franklin Carl Henson of Stamford, Ray Don Henson and wife Melissa of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Edward Burl Henson and wife Beth of Albany, Texas, 1 daughter, Billie Mae Roche of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1 step son, Donny Anders, 1 brother, Gerald Cheek and wife Wanda of Haskell, 2 sisters, Billie Jo Vaughan and Juanita Greene, both of Stamford. The Stamford American Stamford, Jones County, Texas July 20, 2006