Myrt [Hollowell] Anderson

Myrt [Hollowell] Anderson

Myrt Anderson was born July 2, 1920 near Shelbyville, Tennessee to Robert Luther and Martha Jane [Heath] Hollowell. She passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, OK at the age of 86.

Myrt graduated from Mountain View High School in 1938. She was united in marriage to Calvin B. Anderson January 21, 1939 in Mountain View, OK; Calvin preceded her in death May 13, 1996.

Myrt was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church North of Eakly, OK. She and Calvin have lived in the Eakly area since 1954.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Martha Hollowell, husband, Calvin B. Anderson, granddaughter, Dana [Thiessen] Clark, three brothers, Grady, Robert, and Henry Eugene Hollowell, and one sister, Louise Heath.

Survivors include four children, Pat Thiessen and her husband Dean of Eakly, OK, Ann Vincent and her husband Bob of Tuttle, OK, Sonny Anderson and his wife Brenda of Binger, OK, and Regena Gardner of Tuttle, OK; 12-grandchildren, Tracy Thiessen and wife Ronette , Kent Thiessen and wife Lindsey, Lori Turney and husband Jesse, and Dana [Thiessen] Clark, Gaila Harrison and husband Andy, Jana Savage and husband Justin, Kelly Cooper and husband Chad, Brad Anderson and wife Kayla, Angel Edingfield, Holley Thomas, Gina Ryan and husband Loyd, and Cary Chambers and wife Kristi; 18-great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Addie Ruth Cain of Corn, OK

Services will be held at the Assembly of God Church, Saturday, 2:00pm, Oct. 14, 2006, Eakly, OK with Rev. Donnie Mooter, and Rev. Dicky Wilson officiating.

Burial will be in the Eakly Cemetery, Eakly, OK under the direction of the Turner Funeral Home, Binger, OK.