Ophelia's obituary was in "The Paris News", Wednesday, Dec. 4,1996. It reads as follows:
Ophilia Anderson, 85, a retired nurse of Paris died Tuesday, Dec. 3 1996 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 at Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Sidney Young officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Surviving are a daughter, Betty Ray of Paris; two sons, Revis and Steven O. Anderson of Paris; four sisters, Nona Diviscour of Houston, Lera Westmorland of Jackson, MS, Vera Simmons of Paris, and Betty Hall of Dallas; five grandchildren;and two gret-grandchildren.