On the 30th Day of October 2024 Mr. James Carlton Anderson, Sr., was called home to be with his Lord and Savior. He entered eternal rest at Tri Cities Hospital in Hopewell, VA., with his wife and sons by his side. He was born on January 1, 1948, to the late Norman and Evelyn Anderson.
He was Baptized at Garden Pond in New Kent County and joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1974, during the Vietnam war and earned several medals including the Purple Heart.
On June 23, 1973, Carlton Anderson and Ruth Jones were united in marriage and blessed with 51 years together. From that union they were blessed with two beloved sons, James Carlton Anderson, Jr., and Rashard Edward Doswell Anderson.
Everyone that knew Carlton knew that he loved the Dallas Cowboys and James Brown.
He was preceded in death by his father, Norman Doswell Anderson and mother, Evelyn Virginia Jones Anderson and a brother Norman Anderson Jr.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Ruth “Peggy” “Berta” Anderson, and sons, James Anderson, Jr. and his wife Debbie and Rashard Anderson (Alyse), grandchildren, Elijah Anderson, Steven Chavez (Mary) and James Chavez (Whitney), great grandchildren, Volet Anderson, Desmond James Chavez and Cameron Carlton Chavez. He is also survived by his sister, Reginia Anderson, brothers, Ricardo El and Julius El (Francine), sister in laws, Gloria Parrott (Frank) and Roz Ramsey (Gil) along with a host of nieces, nephews and devoted friends including best friend, Demo.
