Alma Ruth Anderson

Anderson, Alma Ruth, 82, of Plant City passed away peacefully Monday, July 15, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 1, 1931 in Umatilla, Florida to the late James and Hattie Henderson. Alma loved fishing, animals, nature, watching NASCAR racing, listening to country music and feeding squirrels and humming birds. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Lee Anderson Sr., and son, Robert Lee Anderson Jr. Survivors include her daughters, Sharon L. McCrorey (Jim Hagen) and Suzi Port (Tom); brother, James Henderson (Nellie); sisters, Wilma McGowan and Betty Wunderlich; grandchildren, Murray Anderson (Cricket), Sherry Anderson Whaley (Ray) , Casey Anderson (Melissa), Starla Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Scott Butts, Laurie Cusumano, Brandie Smith (Chris) and April Key (Rob) ; great-grandchildren, Murray Lee Anderson Jr. (Hannah), Christian Anderson, Shawn Roach, Caleb Anderson, Melissa Whaley, Wesley Anderson, Zachary Anderson, Madison Anderson, Cole Anderson, Ashley Butts, Kaylynn Butts, Jeremy Barker, Courtney Key, Lexie Key, Amanda Key, and Kaylee Key, great-great grandchild, Kynslee Anderson; granddogs, Sadie, Spike, Tinkerbelle and Patch; an extended loving family and circle of good friends. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, July 20, at 2 PM at Hillsboro Memorial Gardens, Brandon. Alma was the best mom and grandma. She will be deeply missed and forever loved.

Alma, Sister, Wife, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma and Great Great Grandma. She held these titles and more. Everyone who met her loved her. No matter what title you knew her by, she was the most amazing and loving woman. She always took in anyone who needed her and called them all her children or family and treated them as such. She helped to raise many generations of children besides her own and loved to do it. She prayed for everyone in their time of need and trusted God to see them and herself through it all. She was a woman who stayed young at heart and had a wonderful sense of humor, she was strong, caring, patient, spunky, beautiful and so much more. She loved good food and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. There are so many wonderful things to say about her and this covers very few, but if you knew her at all then you know what an amazing lady she was. We are all so blessed to have had her in our lives and we will notice forever what we lost with her passing. Although she has gone to a good place and is reunited with her loving husband, son and the rest of her family and friends that she has missed so much, we are sad to have to live on here without her here with us.