These words from Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, sum up the life of Arthur St. Aubyn Anderson; affectionately known as “Junior” and, “Andy” by his family and friends, “Supa” by his employees (drivers) and “Bubu” by his grandson, Mikai.
Junior was born on October 21, 1957 in Kingston, Jamaica, the eldest child of his parents, Rosalind and Joseph Anderson. His father predeceased him in 1993. His siblings are Robert (Bobby), Joseph (Joe-Joe) and Andrea (Princess).
He attended Alpha Infant School, Alpha Primary School and then received his secondary education at Calabar High School and Wolmer’s Boys School.
His siblings and friends from childhood said from the very beginning, Junior always wanted to be successful. It was this drive to succeed that led him to join forces with his brother Trevor (who predeceased him in 1984), and in partnership they started their own business, Andersons’ Haulage Services Ltd.
After high school, his mother got him a job at Arnold L. Malabre & Co. Ltd., which gave him exposure to the shipping industry. While working in the shipping industry in the early eighties, as this was the time when containerisation was emerging in Jamaica. Since he found himself paying truckers to move containers on a daily basis, he decided there was a need he could fill and Andersons Haulage was founded on September 3, 1982.
While the business was a large part of Junior’s legacy, for his family his greatest impact was in the example he set for his siblings, children and friends. He was a man of faith, who always spoke about one set of footprints in the sand, because he truly believed that in the difficult periods of his life, it was God who carried him through.
As one of the oldest children he was a guardian for his siblings and right into adulthood, he was always there when any of them needed to talk about anything and they could depend on him for valuable insight and advice.
Junior had six sons, Tevar, Jonathan, Marc-Vaughn, Adriel, Matthew and Luke; of which four were with his previous wife, Aldith. Princess would always tell him that he needed to pay her for the formula so he could have a girl. He was only able to get a daughter when he married Jackie and became a father to Michelle.
Junior had four grandchildren Kyla (9), Mikai (7), Jude (17 months) and Leia (1 month) whom he unfortunately never got to meet because she was born on Sept 22. He only saw pictures and videos of her. He was looking forward to spending time with them and watching them grow up. However, God had a different plan.
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