Jimmy Wayne Anderson, Sr.

Sunday, August 20, 1950 - Friday, February 21, 2020

Mr. Jimmy Wayne Anderson, Sr. of Hartford passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family.  He was 69. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 24, 2020 Union Baptist Church with Rev. Bryan Carpenter officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb directing. 

The family will receive friends at the church on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. 

Mr. Anderson was born August 20, 1950 in Houston County to the late Rev. Arthur Lee and Dorothy Nell Starling Anderson. He was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps. 

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Byrd Anderson; children: Lisa Elaine Avery (Clay), Marie Somerford (Barry), Jimmy Wayne Anderson, Jr., and Anthony Wayne Anderson (Nickie); grandchildren: Brittany Simmons (Jody), Haley Bond (Richard), Anthony Anderson (Savannah), Travis Anderson (Katie), Cody Knight (McKenzie, Jesse Ussery (Brianna), Christian Ussery, Brianna Anderson, and Kyndall Anderson; great grandchildren: Grayson Lewis, Chloe Knight, Noah Anderson, Eastan Anderson, Sawyer Ussery, and Milo Bond; siblings: Martha Mills, Edna Tomlin (Dean), Elaine Perry, Debbie Crawford (Derick), John Anderson (June), Danny Anderson (Faye), Ronnie Anderson, Steve Anderson (Beckie), and Keith Anderson;  several nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.

The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Encompass Hospice for the loving care they provided to Jimmy during his illness.