From the Abilene Report-News

Rev. Ross William Anderson, Sr.

Haskell-- Rev. Ross William Anderson, Sr, age 79, died Sunday, July 3, 2005, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. He was a member of East Side Baptist Church.

Reverend Anderson was born August 15, 1925 in Lamesa to J.O. and Renie Anderson. He married Ella Mae Elder in Seagraves on April 25, 1943. He graduated from Wayland Baptist College and went on to pastor many churches in Texas and Oklahoma.

He is survived by: his wife, Ella Mae (Elder) Anderson of Haskell; one son, Ross William Anderson, Jr., of Abilene; two sisters, Bessie McGuire of Seminole, and Minnie Fae Rogers of Hereford; two granddaughters, Valerie Anderson and Melissa Anderson of Abilene; and one great grandson, Zachary Ross Hearn.

He was preceded in death by: one daughter, Iris Ann Anderson; one brother, Odes Anderson, and two sisters, Belle Finney and Etta Mae Smith.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at East Side Baptist Church in Haskell, with Rev. Truett Kuenstler and Rev. Danny Manross officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Cemetery, directed by Holden-McCauley Funeral Home. The family will have visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at the funeral home.