William Paul Anderson
November 12, 1935 – April 19, 2013

William Paul Anderson, 77, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Covenant Hospice Inpatient & Palliative Care Center at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. He was born on November 12, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama and was the only child born to Paul Stockton and Mildred (Rikard) Anderson. Bill grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bill graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Industrial Management, Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Bachelor of Industrial Management, Florida Institute of Technology degree of Master of Science Systems Management in Engineering. He served in the USMCR reserves for 6 months. Before retiring in 1993, he worked as an Operations Research Analyst for U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama for 35 years. After moving to Pensacola and Perdido Key, he loved to surf fish with his wife, Lynn in the Gulf of Mexico, watch his Auburn football team play and work on carpenter projects around the home.

For almost 28 years, he was the loving and devoted husband of Carolyn (Lynn) Cerka Anderson formerly of Florida now residing in Kirksville, Missouri. He also leaves behind a daughter, Holly (Melissa) Anderson of Alabama; his stepdaughter, Melanie Ezzell of Alabama; four grandsons, Jamie, Sean, Dustin and Aiden of Alabama; 2 sisters-in-law, Irene Chaumont and husband, Joe of Lancaster, Missouri and Virginia Swolley of Atlantic, Iowa; nieces and nephews, Joseph Chaumont of Columbia, Missouri, Justin Chaumont of Kirksville, Missouri, Jeremy Chaumont and wife, Kelly of Kirksville, Missouri, Richard Swolley of Atlantic, Iowa, Tina Swolley of Atlantic, Iowa, Lisa Swolley of Atlantic, Iowa, Daniel Swolley of Chicago, Illinois and Robert Swolley of Atlantic, Iowa; several great nieces, nephews and other family members. _____

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the National Cremation & Burial Society in Milton, Florida and Norman Funeral Home of Lancaster, Missouri. Family members will gather to celebrate Bill's life with a graveside ceremony at the Arni Memorial Cemetery in Lancaster, Missouri on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating the services will be Lonnie Johnson, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Lancaster, Missouri. Online condolences may be expressed to the family by logging on to normanfh.com. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Norman Funeral Home of Lancaster, Missouri.