FERN ANDERSON
Corinth-Fern Anderson 96, of Corinth, passed away at 12:25 P.M. on Thursday, April 17, 2014 in her family home.
Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 21, 2014, at Murman & Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City with Rev. Donald Eberhart officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to TIP Hospice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Fern was born on January 30, 1918 in rural Thompsonville the daughter of Charlie and Martha (Grant) Gogue. She married Paul "Pete" Anderson on August 13, 1938 in Paducah, KY. He preceded her in death on February 9, 1997. They were married for almost 60 years.
Fern was a homemaker. She was a devoted farmer's wife and the longest living member of the Williamson County Farm Bureau. She was the oldest living member of Liberty #6 Freewill Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is survived by a son, Loren Anderson and wife Mildred of Corinth; a daughter, Louise Biehl and husband Gene of Marion; a daughter Linda Jeter of Marion; a daughter, Beverly Jones and husband J.C. of Marion; a son, Jim Anderson and wife LuAnn of Corinth; 17 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 2 step great grandchildren; 2 step great-great grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Donald Anderson of Herrin; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gene and Elva Anderson of Marion; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother, Charles Loren Gogue; a sister, Blanche Malone; and a son-in-law, Lowell Jeter.