Marie Lesley King Anderson

October 12, 2022

Marie Lesley King Anderson passed away on October 1, 2022 in Goshen, Kentucky at the age of 88. She was born in Abbeville, South Carolina on April 8, 1934 to James Horace King and Daisy Jennie Marie Lesley King. She was a graduate of Abbeville High School in 1952 in Abbeville, South Carolina. She graduated Erskine College in 1956 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She received her Master’s Degree in Education in 1968 from Inter American University of Puerto Rico. She was a member of the U.S. Air Force Officer’s Wives Club, The Daughters of the American Revolution, Past Regent of Fort Pickens Chapter in Pensacola, Florida. She was a member of Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) and Keeping Off Pounds Sensibly (KOPS). She was a music and elementary school teacher.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James Horace and Daisy Jennie Marie Lesley King; sister, Margaret Verner King Dickson. She is survived by her husband, George Morris Anderson; daughters, Melodie Anderson (Cody) Jones, April Anderson (Jason) Medlin; son, Kyle George (Candance) Anderson; grandsons, Cody Anderson (Shannon) Jones, Justin Andrew Jones, Luke McKinley Anderson and Xander Anderson Medlin; granddaughters, Aerial Aurora Staebell, Aubrey Marie Anderson, Harper Grey Anderson and Ellis Quinn Anderson.

Pallbearers are Cody Anderson Jones, Justin Andrew Jones, Luke McKinley Anderson, Xander Anderson Medlin, Cody Parris Jones, and Jason Medlin. Honorary pallbearers are James B. Dickson, Tommy F. Dickson, Gery Anderson, Tom Callison, Jim Callison and Paul Storey.

Funeral service at Olive Baptist Church on Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:30am. Visitation on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 6:00pm at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North and on Friday, October 14, 2022 at 10:30 at Olive Baptist Church.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries