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Submitted: 8/16/15 • Approved: 8/16/15 • Last Updated: 3/24/18 • R86750-G86748-S3
Robert 28 Jul 1926 - 8 Mar 2002
Born and died in Panhandle, Carson
County, Texas
*Obituary
Published 10 Mar 2002
Amarillo, Globe-News
PANHANDLE - Robert Martin "Bob" Anderson, 75, died Friday, March 8, 2002.
Mr. Anderson was born in Panhandle and had been a lifetime resident. He graduated from Panhandle High School in 1944. He served with the Army Infantry, 160th regiment, 40th and 6th divisions in the Pacific for 16 months during World War II.
He worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. for 17 years as a plant manager and technician. He was a rural mail carrier for the postal service for 15 years and farmed for 15 years.
He was a member of First Baptist Church, J.E. Pietzch Chapter 26 of the Disabled American Veterans and American Legion Post No. 54. He married Clara Juanita Eakes on Nov. 22, 1948, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Anderson, southwest of Panhandle.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kathryn Juanell Anderson in 1999; a son, Steven Douglas Anderson in 1988; two brothers, Bryan Douglas Anderson in 1994 and Don R. Anderson in 1996; and a grandson, Christopher Lee Caylor in 1980.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Robbie Ray Anderson of Hillsboro; a sister, Mary Sue Eakes Wood of Owasso, Okla.; two grandsons, Bryan Martin Anderson and Eric William Caylor; and four granddaughters, Amanda Michele Caylor, Jennifer Anderson, Andrea Anderson and Lindsay Anderson.
Clara 3 Nov 1928 - 10 Oct 2010
Born in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
and died in Whitney, Texas
Daughter of Robert Hugh Eakes (1879 - 1958)
and Hattie Emaline Boulware Eakes (1888 - 1974)
Children:
Steven Douglas Anderson (1953 - 1988)*
Kathryn Juanell Anderson Caylor (1955 - 1999)*
Kathryn Juanell Anderson (1955 - 1999)*
Siblings:
Charles Woodson Eakes (1913 - 1914)
U L Eakes (1915 - 1987)
Carl Eakes (1916 - 1916)
Robert Hugh Eakes (1918 - 1918)
Herbert Eakes (1920 - 1946)
Myrtle Inez Eakes Briscoe (1922 - 1991)
Winford Harold Eakes (1924 - 1987)
Harold Winford Eakes (1924 - 1924)
Louvenia Frances Eakes Long (1925 - 2000)
Cleo Eakes (1931 - 1971)
*Obituary
Clara Juanita Anderson, 81, formerly of Panhandle died on Sunday, October 10, 2010 in Whitney, Texas.
Juanita was born on November 3, 1928 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to a farming family. She graduated from Ninnekaw High School and married Robert Martin Anderson on November 22, 1948 in Panhandle, Texas. They raised their family living in Panhandle, Tx, Bartlesville, Ok, and returning to Panhandle to farm for approx thirty years.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Panhandle for over thirty years and was most recently a member of the First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile and the Rebekah Lodge. Juanita was a homemaker most of her life and was a rural mail carrier in Panhandle & White Deere retiring in 1993. She loved singing and playing piano – particularly gospel music.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Ottie Eakes, her husband, Robert Martin Anderson in 2002, her son, Steven D. Anderson in 1988, her daughter, Kathryn J. Caylor in 1999, her grandson, Christopher Caylor in 1980 and eight brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include her son, Robbie Anderson and wife Brenda of Hillsboro, TX; a daughter-in-law, Linda Anderson Weyman of Ft. Worth; six grandchildren, Bryan Anderson and wife Penny of Sealy, TX, Jennifer Curtiss and husband David of Austin, TX, Andrea Anderson, Lindsay Anderson, Amanda Caylor and Eric Caylor, all of Ft. Worth, TX; five great grandchildren; a nephew, Dean Eakes of Panhandle, TX; three nieces, Mary Francis Nordon of Littleton, CO, Margie Williams of Chickasha, OK and Phoebe Cole of Owasso, OK.
Photo Courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Contributed on 8/16/15
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