Lucretia Anderson

Mrs. Lucretia “Lucy” Faye Anderson, age 82 of Mineola, passed away on Thursday,

November 23, 2023, in Tyler. She was born on June 10, 1941, in Eagle Lake, Texas to the

late Clinton Albert and Augustine Matula Bryant.

Lucy was a member of the Broad Street Church of Christ. A dedicated teacher, she

influenced thousands of children across the state during her 34 years of service to the

field. She was an accomplished musician, playing the trumpet in several community

bands, including the Brazosport Community Band and the Lake Country Symphonic

Band. Lucy loved to travel, fish, read, play card games with her friends and family, and

spend time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Lucy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who lived by

the strong family values she passed down to her family. Above all, she embodied a

Christian life well-deserving of being called home to hear, “Well done, good and faithful

servant.”

She was preceded in death by her late husband Mr. Carl Thomas Anderson, sister Linda

White, brother Roger Bryant, and brother Gary Bryant.

Lucy is survived by her loving daughter, Carla Lynn Anderson Gaynor and her husband

Kenneth of Mineola; son Charles Bryant Anderson and his wife Nina of Katy; five

grandchildren, Whitney Figueroa, Jonathan Gaynor and his wife Kari, Bruce Gaynor,

Nicholas Anderson and his wife Stephanie, and Lauren Calvert and her husband

Geoffrey; nine great-grandchildren, Brandon Figueroa, Sara Figueroa, Abigail Figueroa,

Clayton Gaynor, Jackson Anderson, Ainsley Anderson, Elliot Calvert, Oliver Clavert, and

Blakely Calvert.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 27, 2023, at Beaty Funeral Home, in

Mineola Texas at 11:00 am. John Villarreal will conduct the funeral service and the

Interment, to be held at Staples Cemetery in Staples, Texas on Tuesday, November 28,

2023, at 2:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lake Country Symphonic Band or

Hospice of East Texas.

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