Daily Post Athenian

Clyde F. Anderson, 79, of the Mt. Harmony community near Niota, died Monday night, March 9, 2009, at Life Care Center of Athens.

A native of Murphy, N.C., he was a son of the late Walter and Edith King Anderson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Lowry Anderson; one daughter, Joletta McKeehan; one sister, Aileen Anderson; and two brothers, Dillard and Robert Anderson. He was a member of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church, and was a member of the Farm Bureau. He spent most of his life farming on his farm in the Mt. Harmony Community. He was a member of the Tennessee National Guard and was activated during the Korean War.

Survivors include one daughter, Charlotte A. Vincent of Athens; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ronny and Tonsie Anderson and Donny and Janice Anderson, all of Athens; five granddaughters and two spouses, Jennifer Jack, Kristen and Brent Freeman, Kourtney Anderson, Edith and Andy Hughes and Delilah Anderson; one grandson and wife, Ben and Holly Vincent; one great-granddaughter, A.J. Vincent; five sisters, Martha Jean Evans of Dublin, Ga., Joyce Sweet of Alcoa, Betty Ratledge of Little Rock, Ark., Barbara Snyder of Chattanooga, and Janet Kennedy of Chattanooga; two brothers, Claude Anderson of Englewood, and Bill Anderson of Orlando, Fla.; and one-sister-in-law, Martha Sue Anderson.

Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Jerry Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Pete Mullins officiating. Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Mt. Harmony Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Mt. Harmony Baptist Church, 360 County Road 360, Niota, TN 37826.

Jerry Smith Funeral Home of Athens is serving the family of Clyde F. Anderson.