Elbert Riley Anderson

Anderson Home

Submitted by Brenda Gail Rudd


 

Elbert Riley Anderson born June 12, 1915 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co., Ky. (Rockcastle Co. birth records show him as born on June 13, 1915 but Dad had always celebrated on June 12th as he believed this to be his birthday. He died June 12, 2001 in Bristow, Creek Co., Oklahoma. He was the son of John Harrison Anderson & Dora Ellen Jordan orginally of Rockcastle Co., Ky. Dad served in WWII-Mustered out Discharged Sec.2 @ Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, Tenn on 11 November 1943. He married Lillian Faye Macomb on June 01, 1944 in Bristow, Creek Co., Oklahoma. They were married over fifty years before being separated by death. They both are buried in Oakhill Cemetary north of town in Bristow, Oklahoma. They had three children who are all still living in Oklahoma.

 

 

Click here for colorized photo of Elbert Riley Anderson