Thomas L. Anderson
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 18, 2003
GULFPORT, Miss. Thomas L. Anderson, 82, of Long Beach, formerly of Tennessee, died May 11, 2003, in Biloxi.The Detroit native was a retired senior master sergeant in the Air Force, serving during World War II and the Korean War, worked for Cutler-Hammer in Bowling Green, Ky., and was a member of Eddie Blake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3937 in Long Beach. Funeral was Friday at Bradford-OKeefe Funeral Home with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors.Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 417 Security Square, Gulfport, MS 39507; St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Attn: Memorial/Honor Program FH, One St. Jude Place Building, Memphis, TN 3381148-0552; or Hospice at Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box 1810, Gulfport, MS 39502.Survivors include his wife, Margaret Lawson Anderson; a daughter, Carolyn Folley of Destin, Fla.; two sons, Charles T. Anderson of Louisville, Ky., and Richard E. Anderson of Ogden, Utah; two sisters, Dorothy Bone of Columbia, Tenn., and Margaret Forshee of Bowling Green; a brother, Richard Anderson of Savannah, Tenn.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.