Obituary of Iris Anderson

Iris B. Anderson Buxton, NC’ Iris Barnett Anderson, 84, died January 27, 2005. Mrs. Anderson was born in Buxton, NC to the late Thomas and Martha Swain Barnett. She was a charter member of Cape Hatteras Baptist Church and the choir, Hatteras Island Kiwanas, Loyal Order of the Moose, Chapter 157, Norfolk and the Moose Lodge 29, co-founder of Hatteras Island Adult Care and also on the board of directors. Mrs. Anderson was predeceased by her husband, Tommy ‘Doc’ Anderson. Survivors include three daughters, Martha Poythress and husband David of Kinston, NC, Opal Taylor and husband John of Plum Branch, SC, and Sherrill Weber and husband Steven of Chesapeake; two sisters, Georgia Gray of Buxton, NC and Grace McClean of Orlando, FL; two brothers, Chiswell Barnett of Gainsville, FL and David Barnett of Frisco, NC; eight grandchildren, David, Scott and Liz Poythress, Connie Roethlinger Sondra Hawkins, John Taylor, Jr. Lisa Callahan and Sara Brownlowe; eleven great grandchildren, Candice, Erik, David, Trey, Cynthia, CJ, Carey, Collin, Aliya, Eli and Kiernen. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the staff of Allzwell Assisted Living and Lake Taylor Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Twiford’s Colonial Chapel, Chesapeake at 1 pm on Monday with the Rev. John Cullop and Rev. Bobbie Skeens officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 7:00 until 8:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Robert Mitchell Anderson Memorial Fund.