Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Thursday, January 3, 1963

Mrs. Anders, 88, Dies In Meridian

MERIDIAN -- Funeral services for Mrs. J. J. Anders, 88, mother of city councilman M. D. Anders, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Webb Funeral home. Burial will be in Magnolia cemetery.

Mrs. Anders died Tuesday night.

A member of East End Methodist church, Mrs. Anders is survived by three other sons, Moyse Anders, Sherman Anders and M. K. Anders, all of Meridian; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Reynolds, Sr., and Mrs. W. R. Swain, Sr., of Meridian, Mrs. R. K. Semmes of Monroe, La., and Mrs. H. D. Curry of New Orleans; 22 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Carrie Sterling of Liberty and one brother, Jesse Whittington of Gloster, Miss.