Robert J. (R.A.) Anderson

ROBERT JAMES ANDERSON WAS THE SECOND CHILD BORN TO J.C. AND MAE ETTA ANDERSON ON JUNE 17, 1954. ALSO, THERE WERE TWO OLDER SISTERS WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH, RUBY JEAN ATKINS AND DOROTHY BELLE LEE. ROBERT ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE CLAUDE W. BLACK, MT. ZION FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. LATER IN LIFE HE UNITED WITH BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH, WHERE HE WOULD ATTEND REGULARLY WITH HIS DAD.

ROBERT RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF FOX HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1973. HE ATTENDED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY ON AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP. ROBERT LOVED ALL SPORTS, EXCELLING AS A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER. HE WAS ALSO AN ADVID READER. ON A DAILY BASIS FOR MANY YEARS, HE WOULD READ THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS & THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT NEWSPAPERS FROM FRONT TO BACK. HE CLOSELY WATCHED THE NEWS AND HE WAS EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WORLD ISSUES. ROBERT HAD THE ABILITY TO HOLD A CONVERSATATION WITH THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF THE INTELLIGENT. ROBERT LATER ENTERED THE WORKFORCE AT SAN ANTONIO MERCHANT & WAREHOUSE AS A MANAGER.

THE SOUL OF OUR LOVED ONE, ROBERT, DEPARTED THIS EARTH AT METHODIST HOSPITAL METROPOLITAN, INTO HEAVENS GARDEN ON FEBRUARY 25,2025. MEMORIES OF OUR LOVED WILL BRING PEACE AND REASSURANCE THAT LOVE ENDURES FOREVER, AND THESE MEMORIES WILL FOREVER REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS.

ROBERT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, J.C. & MAE ETTA ANDERSON, AND HIS NIECE, SANDRA GLASS. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, TWO VERY DEDICATED SISTERS, ETHEL MC VEA, AND MARY WILLIAMS (ALBERT); ONE UNCLE, ALLEN RHODES; TWO LOVING AUNTS, ROSIE COLEMAN AND ETTA MAE MIMS; TWO NIECES, CYNTHIA LEE AND RHONDA WATKINS (WILLIE); FOUR NEPHEWS, MICHAEL, RICHARD, TONY, AND JABARI; A HOST OF GREAT & GREAT-GREAT NIECES & NEPHEWS; TWO SPECIAL GREAT NEPHEWS, JACOBI & JALEN; A HOST OF COUSINS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS; AND ONE VERY SPECIAL LONGTIME LADY FRIEND AND CAREGIVER, DEBBIE SHERIDAN.