Edwina Anderson, 84, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020, at her residence in Purvis. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at the Hattiesburg Chapel of Moore Funeral Home. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday December 7, 2020, at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, FL.
Edwina was a military wife who lovingly created homes for her family wherever her husband was transferred during his twenty-six years of military service. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in New Orleans for over thirty years where she taught Sunday School. For the past fourteen years she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Oak Grove. The joy of her life was spending time with her husband of fifty-eight years, her children, and grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Peter J. Anderson, Sr. and her parents, Ila and Myrtle Anderson.
Edwina is survived by a son, Peter J. (Amy) Anderson, Jr. of Gulfport; a daughter, Janis R. Anderson of Purvis; two brothers, George E. (Emma) Anderson of Waynesboro, Fred L. (Brenda) Anderson of Beebe AR; four grandsons, Justin Anderson of Gulfport, Peter James (Cheyenne) Anderson, III, of Gulfport, Sgt. Jacob C. (Kayleigh) Anderson of Oceanside CA, Joseph C. Anderson of Gulfport; four great-grandchildren, Owen Anderson, Everleigh Anderson, Juliet Anderson, and Amelia Anderson.
Visitation for Edwina will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 6, 2020, at the Hattiesburg Chapel of Moore Funeral Home.
