Debi Anderson

RINGGOLD Deborah W. Anderson, 56, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. She was a lifelong resident of Ringgold and a member of Midway Baptist Church, Ringgold. Debi has been an owner/operator of Anderson Construction for over 30 years. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and faithful Christian, who will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her father, Glenn Edward Welchance; sister, Kathy Welchance; and father-in-law, Johnny Anderson. Debi is survived by her husband, of 40 years, Jimmy Anderson; daughters and son-in-law, Katie Anderson, of East Ridge, and Kristie and Anthony Cooper, of Ringgold; mother, Katherine Welchance; sisters, Sheri Redden and Judie Thacker; brother, Ed Welchance; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, in the funeral home chapel, with Brother Jackie Swanson and Mark Spangler officiating. Interment will follow at Anderson Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, Jan. 23, 2011, all day Monday and prior to the service Tuesday in the funeral home. Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home-Wallis-Stewart Chapel.