Mrs. Joan Evelyn "Jodie" Anderson

November 5, 1934 - February 8, 2021

Joan Evelyn (Jodie) Watson Anderson, age 86, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2021 after a difficult battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Jodie was born on November 5, 1934 in Marshall, Texas, to parents D. G. Watson, Sr. and Jenny Lend Wooten Watson. Jodie attended Marshall, Texas schools, then married Kenneth Grigsby and moved to Longview, Texas. She later married John G. Anderson and moved to Carthage, Texas, where she lived most of her adult life. She was a homemaker, and a devoted wife and mother, who also worked alongside her husband John at Anderson Mobil and Anderson Exxon full-service stations in Carthage. John and Jodie enjoyed over 30 years of dancing, Saturday night dinners at Joe’s Cafe, and spending happy times with their friends. Jodie, who was known for her love of decaf coffee, country music, pajamas, and all things leopard print, never met a stranger, and her big personality made an impression on all who knew her. Jodie loved, more than anything, being Granny to her two granddaughters, Amber and Emily. In her later years, Jodie moved to Tyler, Texas where she enjoyed being a live-in Nanny Granny to her granddaughter, Emily. Jodie is survived by her two daughters, Mitzi Grigsby Shuttlesworth and husband George of Carthage, Texas, Jill Anderson Toft and husband Charles of Columbus, Ohio; her two granddaughters Amber Lynn Cheatwood and fiancée Aaron Whiddon of Carthage, Texas and Emily Kerr of Columbus, Ohio; sisters Dorothy Muse of Marshall, Texas, Mary Alice Wyatt and husband Jack of Garland, Texas, brothers D. G. “Sonny” Watson, Jr. and wife Janie of Marshall, Texas and John Watson and wife Beverly of Garland, Texas; and a host of nieces, nephews, dear friends, “bonus children," and loved ones. Jodie was preceded in death by her husband, John G. Anderson of Carthage, Texas, and her sisters, Linda Byrd of Longview, Texas and Helen Black of Marshall, Texas. A visitation will be held at Hawthorn Funeral Home in Carthage, Texas from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, with graveside services on Sunday, February 14, at 2:00 p.m. at Anderson Cemetery, Anderson Road, Antioch, Texas, with Philip Simmons officiating. Pallbearers will be Matthew Pool of Dallas, Texas, John Ramsey of Carthage, Texas, Jay Malone of Carthage, Texas, Bryan Kelly of Tyler, Texas, and Aaron Whiddon of Carthage, Texas. Honorary pallbear will be Dean Jones of Carthage. The family would like to thank Briarcliff Skilled Nursing Center and Heartsway Hospice for the extraordinary care they provided Jodie during her difficult battle.