Veteran World War II
Bernie came to Crosbyton in the fall of 1922 with his parents Robert and Anna. Robert purchased a farm three miles southeast of Crosbyton. They lived in town until he built his home on the farm where they made their first crop in 1923.Bernie was the only one to stay on the farm. On June 17, 1925, he married Ada Ellison who was the youngest daughter of Berry and Annie Christine Ellison. Uncle Berry, as he was known, was an early-day settler of Crosbyton, bringing his family from Tennessee.
Three years after Bernie and Ada were married, they moved to the East Plains at Wake in Crosby County. There on July 18, 1929 their first son was born, B.L. Anderson, Jr.
They moved about six miles southwest of Crosbyton where their second son was born, Ronald Keith Anderson. A daughter, Peggy Gail, was born three years later.
In 1936 they moved to a farm near Ralls, where the children all attended school and graduated from Ralls High School.
Bernie and Ada bought two farms southeast of Ralls, where they built their home and lived. Bernie loved horses. He raised many beautiful Palamino colts, which he trained and rode. He was a member of Crosby County Sheriff Posse and fishing and hunting were also a great hobby of his. He loved to farm and was one of the best until he retired in 1974 because of ill health.
Ada loved to write poetry and has had several poems published. One poem, "Nature´s Wonder" was selected as one of "The One Hundred and One best of Clover" from over 20,000 poems.
She also loved travel, fishing and cooking. Making and collecting quilts for her children and grandchildren became one of her latest hobbies.
B.L. Anderson, Jr. married Billie Benton of Ralls. Two sons were born of this union.
Ronald Keith Anderson married Eddie John Waller of Ralls. They had six children.
Peggy Gail Anderson married Bobby Jack Allsup of Ralls. and they had two children.
Source: "A History of Crosby County 1876-1977" published by Crosby County Historical Commission 1978; Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.
Bernie Lee Anderson Sr., a well-known Crosby County resident since 1922, succumbed at 10 p.m. Saturday following a lengthy illness. He died in Methodist Hospital, Lubbock.
Mr.Anderson, whose farm residence is six miles southeast of Ralls, was 71.
Memorial services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Crosbyton Church of Christ. Creed Mullins, a Church of Christ minister from Rock Island, Ill., and formerly of Ralls, officiated. He was assisted by the Rev. Floyd Haddock, pastor of First Baptist Church in Ralls and Loyd Hall, minister of the Crosbyton Church of Christ.
Interment was in Crosbyton Cemetery.
A Hawley native, Mr. Anderson moved to Crosby County in 1922 from Rule. He was a retired farmer.
The former Ada Ellison and Bernie Lee Anderson Sr. were married June 17, 1925, in Crosbyton.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, B.L. Anderson Jr. and Ronald Anderson, both of Ralls; a daughter, Mrs. Peggy Gail Alsup of Lubbock; two brothers, J.D. Anderson of Los Angeles, Calif., and C.T. Anderson of Wichita, Kan.; a sister, Mrs. Vera Thweatt of Scottsdale, Ariz.; eight grandchildren; and a great grandchild.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 13, 1978
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Graveside services for Ada Anderson, 94, of Ralls were held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 in Crosbyton Cemetery with Tim Mills officiating and Jeff Hannel assisting.
Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.
She died Friday, Aug. 9, 2002, at Crosbyton Hospital.
She was born Oct. 27, 1907, in Speedwell, TN.
She married Bernie L. Anderson Sr. on June 17, 1925, in Crosbyton. He died March 11, 1978.
She was a member of the Crosbyton Church of Christ. She moved to the Crosbyton area in 1916 at the age of eight from Tennessee. She was a homemaker
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Brent Anderson on July 7, 1989.
Survivors include two sons, B.L.Anderson Jr. of Ralls and Ronald Keith Anderson of Montgomery; one daughter, Peggy Gail Alsup of Lubbock; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
©Crosby County News & Chronicle, Friday, August 16, 2002
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