md 22 July 1915, Putnam Co., TN, Lillian (Lee) Anderson, b. 21 November 1889, TN – d. 4 July 1925, TN, d/o Thomas & Tennessee Lee.
William Grover Anderson, 81, died Thursday at Master's Nursing Home on the Algood Road, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the chapel of Hooper – Huddleston Funeral Home with Rev. Andrew Albert officiating. Burial was in the Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Putnam County, the son of the late Lewis and Matilda Wallace Anderson and was reared in the Silver Point – Baxter area.
His wife whose death occurred several years ago was the former Lillian Lee also from Putnam County.
Mr. Anderson was once a merchant of Baxter, was a chairman of the Putnam County School Board and for
a number of years served as a trustee of Baxter Seminary.
He served as representative at large in the Tennessee Legislature for some years, and was instrumental in getting various appropriations for Tennessee Tech during its initial year. He also held the position as secretary of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson was a Mason. The Excelsior Lodge of Baxter conducted a service in his memory Friday night at the funeral home.
Survivors are a son Joe Anderson, Washington D.C.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Addie Gill, Cookeville, Mrs. Audra Denny of Silver Point, Mrs. Floyd Shanks of Silver Point, and Mrs. Ollie Julian, Baxter, and a grandson, and 2 grandchildren.
Herald – Citizen, Cookeville, TN: March 30, 1970
Source: Biographical Directory of the Tennessee
General Assembly – Vol. III 1901 – 1931 by Ilene J. Cornwell with research by Verla S. Hodges – published by The Tennessee Historical Commission,
Nashville – 1988.
Anderson, William Grover (1889 – 1970)
HOUSE, 65th, 66th, and 76th General Assemblies, 1927 – 1931, 1949 – 1951; representing Putnam County;
Democrat. Born March 24, 1889, in Boma, Putnam County; son of Louis and Matilda (Wallace) Anderson; extent of education not known. Married July 21, 1915, to Lilliam Lee; names of children, if any, not found. His occupations included farmer, merchant, and businessman in Baxter and Cookeville, both in Putnam County; general secretary, Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Served as mayor of Baxter; member county board of education; member Baptist Church; Free and Accepted Masons, 32nd degree, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Order of the Mystic Shine. Died March 26, 1970 in Cookeville; buried in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Children of William Grover & Lillian (Lee) Anderson: William Grover Anderson Jr. (1917-1966) md Francis Eadley/Fraidley & Joe Lee Anderson (1923-1987) md Myrtle Eugenia Woodford.
William Grover Anderson Sr. siblings are: Ollie Lamby Anderson (1896-1988) md Warner Miller Julian (1888-1964);
Audra C. Anderson (1899-1990) md Virgil Timothy Denny (1884-1949); Micheal Martelia "Telia" Anderson (1891-1951)
md Ernest Medley (1885-1967); Addie Anderson (1902-1976)
md Preston Steward Gill (1901-1967); Eldra Anderson (1909-1981)md Floyd Witherson Shanks (1906-1990) & John Byrd Anderson (1893-1894).
William Grover Anderson, 81, died Thursday at Master's Nursing Home on the Algood Road, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the chapel of Hooper – Huddleston Funeral Home with Rev. Andrew Albert officiating. Burial was in the Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Putnam County, the son of the late Lewis and Matilda Wallace Anderson and was reared in the Silver Point – Baxter area.
His wife whose death occurred several years ago was the former Lillian Lee also from Putnam County.
Mr. Anderson was once a merchant of Baxter, was a chairman of the Putnam County School Board and for
a number of years served as a trustee of Baxter Seminary.
He served as representative at large in the Tennessee Legislature for some years, and was instrumental in getting various appropriations for Tennessee Tech during its initial year. He also held the position as secretary of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson was a Mason. The Excelsior Lodge of Baxter conducted a service in his memory Friday night at the funeral home.
Survivors are a son Joe Anderson, Washington D.C.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Addie Gill, Cookeville, Mrs. Audra Denny of Silver Point, Mrs. Floyd Shanks of Silver Point, and Mrs. Ollie Julian, Baxter, and a grandson, and 2 grandchildren.
Herald – Citizen, Cookeville, TN: March 30, 1970
Source: Biographical Directory of the Tennessee
General Assembly – Vol. III 1901 – 1931 by Ilene J. Cornwell with research by Verla S. Hodges – published by The Tennessee Historical Commission,
Nashville – 1988.
Anderson, William Grover (1889 – 1970)
HOUSE, 65th, 66th, and 76th General Assemblies, 1927 – 1931, 1949 – 1951; representing Putnam County;
Democrat. Born March 24, 1889, in Boma, Putnam County; son of Louis and Matilda (Wallace) Anderson; extent of education not known. Married July 21, 1915, to Lilliam Lee; names of children, if any, not found. His occupations included farmer, merchant, and businessman in Baxter and Cookeville, both in Putnam County; general secretary, Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Served as mayor of Baxter; member county board of education; member Baptist Church; Free and Accepted Masons, 32nd degree, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Order of the Mystic Shine. Died March 26, 1970 in Cookeville; buried in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Children of William Grover & Lillian (Lee) Anderson: William Grover Anderson Jr. (1917-1966) md Francis Eadley/Fraidley & Joe Lee Anderson (1923-1987) md Myrtle Eugenia Woodford.
William Grover Anderson Sr. siblings are: Ollie Lamby Anderson (1896-1988) md Warner Miller Julian (1888-1964);
Audra C. Anderson (1899-1990) md Virgil Timothy Denny (1884-1949); Micheal Martelia "Telia" Anderson (1891-1951)
md Ernest Medley (1885-1967); Addie Anderson (1902-1976)
md Preston Steward Gill (1901-1967); Eldra Anderson (1909-1981)md Floyd Witherson Shanks (1906-1990) & John Byrd Anderson (1893-1894).
md 22 July 1915, Putnam Co., TN, Lillian (Lee) Anderson, b. 21 November 1889, TN – d. 4 July 1925, TN, d/o Thomas & Tennessee Lee.
William Grover Anderson, 81, died Thursday at Master's Nursing Home on the Algood Road, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the chapel of Hooper – Huddleston Funeral Home with Rev. Andrew Albert officiating. Burial was in the Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Putnam County, the son of the late Lewis and Matilda Wallace Anderson and was reared in the Silver Point – Baxter area.
His wife whose death occurred several years ago was the former Lillian Lee also from Putnam County.
Mr. Anderson was once a merchant of Baxter, was a chairman of the Putnam County School Board and for
a number of years served as a trustee of Baxter Seminary.
He served as representative at large in the Tennessee Legislature for some years, and was instrumental in getting various appropriations for Tennessee Tech during its initial year. He also held the position as secretary of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson was a Mason. The Excelsior Lodge of Baxter conducted a service in his memory Friday night at the funeral home.
Survivors are a son Joe Anderson, Washington D.C.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Addie Gill, Cookeville, Mrs. Audra Denny of Silver Point, Mrs. Floyd Shanks of Silver Point, and Mrs. Ollie Julian, Baxter, and a grandson, and 2 grandchildren.
Herald – Citizen, Cookeville, TN: March 30, 1970
Source: Biographical Directory of the Tennessee
General Assembly – Vol. III 1901 – 1931 by Ilene J. Cornwell with research by Verla S. Hodges – published by The Tennessee Historical Commission,
Nashville – 1988.
Anderson, William Grover (1889 – 1970)
HOUSE, 65th, 66th, and 76th General Assemblies, 1927 – 1931, 1949 – 1951; representing Putnam County;
Democrat. Born March 24, 1889, in Boma, Putnam County; son of Louis and Matilda (Wallace) Anderson; extent of education not known. Married July 21, 1915, to Lilliam Lee; names of children, if any, not found. His occupations included farmer, merchant, and businessman in Baxter and Cookeville, both in Putnam County; general secretary, Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Served as mayor of Baxter; member county board of education; member Baptist Church; Free and Accepted Masons, 32nd degree, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Order of the Mystic Shine. Died March 26, 1970 in Cookeville; buried in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Children of William Grover & Lillian (Lee) Anderson: William Grover Anderson Jr. (1917-1966) md Francis Eadley/Fraidley & Joe Lee Anderson (1923-1987) md Myrtle Eugenia Woodford.
William Grover Anderson Sr. siblings are: Ollie Lamby Anderson (1896-1988) md Warner Miller Julian (1888-1964);
Audra C. Anderson (1899-1990) md Virgil Timothy Denny (1884-1949); Micheal Martelia "Telia" Anderson (1891-1951)
md Ernest Medley (1885-1967); Addie Anderson (1902-1976)
md Preston Steward Gill (1901-1967); Eldra Anderson (1909-1981)md Floyd Witherson Shanks (1906-1990) & John Byrd Anderson (1893-1894).
William Grover Anderson, 81, died Thursday at Master's Nursing Home on the Algood Road, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the chapel of Hooper – Huddleston Funeral Home with Rev. Andrew Albert officiating. Burial was in the Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Putnam County, the son of the late Lewis and Matilda Wallace Anderson and was reared in the Silver Point – Baxter area.
His wife whose death occurred several years ago was the former Lillian Lee also from Putnam County.
Mr. Anderson was once a merchant of Baxter, was a chairman of the Putnam County School Board and for
a number of years served as a trustee of Baxter Seminary.
He served as representative at large in the Tennessee Legislature for some years, and was instrumental in getting various appropriations for Tennessee Tech during its initial year. He also held the position as secretary of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Anderson was a Mason. The Excelsior Lodge of Baxter conducted a service in his memory Friday night at the funeral home.
Survivors are a son Joe Anderson, Washington D.C.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Addie Gill, Cookeville, Mrs. Audra Denny of Silver Point, Mrs. Floyd Shanks of Silver Point, and Mrs. Ollie Julian, Baxter, and a grandson, and 2 grandchildren.
Herald – Citizen, Cookeville, TN: March 30, 1970
Source: Biographical Directory of the Tennessee
General Assembly – Vol. III 1901 – 1931 by Ilene J. Cornwell with research by Verla S. Hodges – published by The Tennessee Historical Commission,
Nashville – 1988.
Anderson, William Grover (1889 – 1970)
HOUSE, 65th, 66th, and 76th General Assemblies, 1927 – 1931, 1949 – 1951; representing Putnam County;
Democrat. Born March 24, 1889, in Boma, Putnam County; son of Louis and Matilda (Wallace) Anderson; extent of education not known. Married July 21, 1915, to Lilliam Lee; names of children, if any, not found. His occupations included farmer, merchant, and businessman in Baxter and Cookeville, both in Putnam County; general secretary, Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Served as mayor of Baxter; member county board of education; member Baptist Church; Free and Accepted Masons, 32nd degree, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Order of the Mystic Shine. Died March 26, 1970 in Cookeville; buried in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Children of William Grover & Lillian (Lee) Anderson: William Grover Anderson Jr. (1917-1966) md Francis Eadley/Fraidley & Joe Lee Anderson (1923-1987) md Myrtle Eugenia Woodford.
William Grover Anderson Sr. siblings are: Ollie Lamby Anderson (1896-1988) md Warner Miller Julian (1888-1964);
Audra C. Anderson (1899-1990) md Virgil Timothy Denny (1884-1949); Micheal Martelia "Telia" Anderson (1891-1951)
md Ernest Medley (1885-1967); Addie Anderson (1902-1976)
md Preston Steward Gill (1901-1967); Eldra Anderson (1909-1981)md Floyd Witherson Shanks (1906-1990) & John Byrd Anderson (1893-1894).
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