Wanda Dillingham Anders

ASHEVILLE - WANDA DILLINGHAM ANDERS, 58, OF 4 HIAWATHA COURT, DIED SUNDAY APRIL 22, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE FOLLOWING A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. A NATIVE AND RESIDENT MOST OF HER LIFE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE RETIRED AS SECRETARY TO THE PRINCIPLE AT CLYDE A. ERWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. MRS. ANDERS WAS A MEMBER OF SUNNYSIDE MISSIONARY CHURCH AND A 1961 GRADUATE OF CLYDE A. ERWIN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LOCKE SHUFFORD DILLINGHAM AND RUBY BELL BANKS DILLINGHAM PEGG AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTER, ILA MEADOWS AND BROTHER, CLAYE DILLINGHAM. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, KENNETH EUGENE ANDERS OF THE HOME; SONS, WAYNE ANDERS AND WIFE, SHARON OF ASHEVILLE AND HOWARD ANDERS OF ARDEN; DAUGHTER, KAREN ANDERS BRANCH AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF ASHEVILLE; GRANDCHILDREN, JENIFER FARLOW, JESSICA FARLOW AND LOGAN ANDERS; SISTERS, VELDA WILSON GIFFORD AND PATRICIA CARTER BOTH OF ASHEVILLE AND BRENDA RASH OF WEAVERVILLE; BROTHER, JIMMY DILLINGHAM OF FLETCHER. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. NEAL ADAMS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT GREEN HILLS CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE RESIDENCE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: REACH TO RECOVERY PROGRAM % AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY BUNCOMBE COUNTY UNIT, 120 EXECUTIVE PARK, BUILDING #1, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801.