Mr. “A” W Anderson

Robert (Bob, "Mr. A") Wilkins Anderson ROCKY MOUNT - Robert (Bob, "Mr A") W. Anderson, passed away Monday, March 15, 2010. He was born September 15, 1935 in Roxboro, NC, the only son of the late Robert Andrew Anderson and Ola Frances Wilkins Anderson. He was predeceased by granddaughter Brianna Michelle Turner and sister-in-law Joanna Lynn Keith. Bob graduated from Roxboro High School and went on to serve two years in the U.S. Army. He later attended Campbell University, East Carolina Business School and Carolina School of Pharmacy. He worked at Broad Street Drug and Eckerds Drug Store in Durham. He met his wife Judy while at Broad Street Drug and married in September 1962. He joined Ayerst Laboratories and moved to Rocky Mount in 1966. For a short while he was in real estate with John High Co. He and other partners started TOBO Sounds Music Store located in Fairview Shopping Center. As a member of a local band he played rhythm guitar. Eventually he became "Mr A" in a joint venture with his wife Judy caring for after school kids. His love of sports started many young athletes in soccer, football and softball, many of whom went on to excel in these sports. He continued working behind the scene after heart surgery, maintaining the vans, handling computers and keeping supplies for the Englewood After School Child Care and filling in for absent drivers up to last week. His main love for years, outside his family, was golf, spending many hours with friends at Birchwood Golf Club. After back surgery, golf took a back seat and fishing became a primary activity with Judy on Saturday or Sunday afternoons at Gaston Lake. He often took his grandchildren on many fishing and swimming trips. Family was important and so were friends. He will be missed by all who shared their lives with him. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Judith K. (Judy or "Mrs. A") Anderson; daughter, Sandra Anderson Turner (husband Scott Turner); son, Robert Mikel Anderson (wife Amanda Hudson Anderson); grandchildren, Christian Turner, Samantha and Wesley Anderson; mother-in-law Katherine S. Summerlin of the home; sister-in-law Dianne K. Goude (husband Jimmy Goude) of Dorchester, SC; nephews Bryan and Geoffrey Call of Charleston, SC; and many friends and relatives and all the afterschool children and parents whose lives he touched over the last twenty years. A service to celebrate the life of Bob ("Mr A") will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Englewood United Methodist Church with Rev. David Benson and Rev. Johnny Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Englewood United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 7128, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 301 Circle Drive, Rocky Mount, NC. Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount NC. You may share your memories and send the family condolences online by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com. Visitation Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services 1130 N. Winstead Ave. Rocky Mount, NC 27804 ID ) ); ?>"> --> 252-451-8800 --> | Wednesday 3/17, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Service Location Not Available Thursday 3/18, 11:00 am Cemetery Rocky Mount Memorial Park 4454 Dortches Blvd., Hwy 43 Rocky Mount, NC 27804