Charles “Charlie” Clement Anderson was born April 9, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas to Clement E. and Beulah “Becky” Cassidy Anderson. He died September 24, 2005 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth.
Charlie graduated from South Park High School in 1948 and attended Texas A&M and Lamar College. He served in Co. H 135th Infantry of the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. After returning from Korea he was employed by Magnolia Refinery. He retired from Mobil Oil Company as Maintenance Supervisor of North Plant in 1986 with thirty-six years of service.
Charlie was a loving and devoted husband and father. He will be remembered for his quick wit, quiet manner and positive attitude to the many health problems he faced during the last twenty years. After surgery in 1992 for throat cancer, he worked with Lamar Speech and Hearing as well as the American Cancer Society to form the “Southeast Texas Lost Chord Club” and served as president until 2004. He spoke to many of the Beaumont and Orange middle school students concerning the dangers of smoking and visited pre and post surgery laryngectomees at M.D. Anderson.
He was an active and faithful member of South Park Baptist Church where he was an inspiration to the church family and always felt their love and prayers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and survived by his wife, Martha Robbins Anderson of Beaumont; sons, Major Mark Anderson and his wife Mary of Eagle River, Alaska, David Anderson of Sheppard, Montana, Mike Richardson and his wife Donna of Friendswood, Texas and Casey Richardson of Houston; Lance and Tara Anderson of Eagle River, Alaska;, Tori Henderson of Buna, Texas, Airman First Class Billy Canant of Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, Justin and Ryan Brown of Vidor, Texas, Dustyn, Shana, and Cody Richardson of Friendswood, Texas; sisters, Vivian Hewes of Beaumont and Dean Dobbs of Irving, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Gene Caldwell, Ronnie Stockholm, Lonnie Myrick, Don Hatcher, Bill Hewes, and Dustyn Richardson. Honorary pallbearers are Fred Adams and J. C. Chance.
The family would like to thank Dr. McKenney, Dr. K. Senthilkumar, Dr. Harris, Dr. Janjua, Dr. H. Wilcox, Dr. Colgan and their office staff for their care of Charlie. Thanks to the 2E nurses at St. Elizabeth for their TLC. A very special thanks goes to Audrey Andress, who came into our home as a caregiver and became a very special friend to both Charlie and Martha.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at Broussard’s, 1605 N Major Drive, Beaumont followed by burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, October 11, 2005 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m .at the Mortuary.
Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers, may be made to South Park Baptist, 795 Woodrow, Beaumont, Texas 77705 or American Cancer Society, P O Box 5144, Beaumont, Texas 77726.
