JAMES WATSON ANDERSON

MANNING - James Watson Anderson, age 77, of Manning, died on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, following an extended battle with Leukemia complicated by COPD.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Deep Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church on Bloomville Road, Manning, directed by Floyd Funeral Home in Olanta with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery in Manning.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and other times at the home of Michele and Chris Lee, 505 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC 29102.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of James Ralph Anderson and Cecil Victoria Ardis Anderson. He was the owner/operator of Anderson Monument Co. He was a member of Elberton Granite Association, a former member of the National Guard, a member of the SC Donkey & Mule Association and Manchester Trail Riders. He was a member of St. Peter's Masonic Lodge No. 54 and attended Deep Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Betty Jean (Hubert) Avin.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Beth Anderson; one daughter, Michele A. (Chris) Lee of Manning; one son, J. Michael (Susan) Anderson of Turbeville; one sister, Ellen McFaddin of Manning; one brother, Bobby R. Anderson of Sumter; and six grandchildren. He is also survived by Richard (Carley) Spivey, who he thought of as a son.

Memorials may be made to The Tuomey Foundation, 102 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29150 or Deep Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, 7965 Bloomville Road, Manning, SC 29102.

Online condolences may be made at www.floydfuneral.com.