Mary Eleanor Goldthwaite Anderson

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Date: Jan 26 2012 12:21 PM

Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home, Cemetery and Crematory

2414 Hartford Highway

Dothan, Alabama 36305

334-792-4194

www.wardwilson.com

 

Mary Eleanor Goldthwaite Anderson, 87, passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 25, 2012, in Birmingham, AL following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. She was a dear and brave lady who never gave in to pity or complaint about her circumstances. Family, friends and caregivers will miss her deeply.

 

Graveside services will be held at 3 P.M. Sunday, January 29, 2012, at the Dothan City Cemetery with Ward Wilson Funeral Home directing. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. Sunday, January 29, 2012.

 

Meg, as she was known to all, was born in Andalusia, Al., August 23, 1924. She moved to her hometown of Dothan as a young girl and grew up surrounded by family and friends. Upon graduation from Huntington College, she was employed by The First National Bank of Dothan until her marriage to Julian Anderson, a young Army officer stationed at Fort Rucker, Al. She was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Dothan.

 

A devoted wife and mother of two daughters, she worked diligently to provide a stable, happy home in the midst of the turmoil which accompanies a military family. Few outside the military appreciate the sacrifices and upheavals the lifestyle requires of all.

 

Meg was preceded in death by her parents, John Randall Goldthwaite and Willie Belle Morris Goldthwaite, and brother, John Randall Goldthwaite, Jr., She is survived by her husband, Colonel Julian A. Anderson, U.S. Army retired; by her children, Patricia Anne Ulbricht of Birmingham, AL., and Julie Arden Culp of Orlando, Fl., and their spouses, Fred W. Ulbricht, Jr. and William Scott Culp; her beloved grandchildren, Amanda Culp Rockwood, Benjamin G. Ulbricht, Katherine Culp Bowser, Alexander A. Ulbricht, and Stephanie Elizabeth Culp; a great-grandchild, Abigail Arden Bowser, and her dear sister-in-law, Anne Funke Goldthwaite.

 

The family would like to thank the staff of Kirkwood by the River, Birmingham, Al., for the excellent care and loving kindness shown during her long illness.

 

Flowers are being accepted, or memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama, P.O. Box 2273, Birmingham, Al. 35201.

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