An obituary for Jess was in the "Lamar County Echo" Thursday, Jan. 17,1985. It reads as follows:
Funeral services for Jess "Skinner" Anderson, 1025 Connor, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Anderson died Thursday, Jan. 10, at St. Joseph's Hospital.
He was born May 12, 1902 in Clardy, a son of Robert Carl and Flora Dudley Anderson. He married Avis Butler on Mrch 23, 1923. He was an orderly at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lamar Medical Center, and Pleasant Grove Hursing Home before retiring. Surviving are his wife, one son, Jerry Anderson of Paris; two daughters, Louise Dalby of Big Spring and Mrs. John (Emma)Pitts of Big Spring; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.