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Idara Anderson was born January 19, 1941, in Penelope, TX to Frankie Lee and Odell Washington. She was the second of 13 siblings.
It was in Dallas, TX at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church where she accepted Christ into her heart and was baptized. Currently, Idara was a proud member of the Union Missionary Baptist Church. During her 30 plus years of membership, she served as a Trustee, was a former President and member of the Hospitality Ministry and sung many years in the Voices of Inspiration choir.
Idara met and married Louis Bernard Anderson Sr on December 15, 1958. They lovingly shared over 41 years of marriage.
Idara was preceded in death by her parents, Frankie Lee and Odell Washington, her husband, Louis Bernard Anderson Sr, three sisters, Mozell Marshall, Janie Gaines, Irma Hooper, one brother, Tommie Lee Washington, and one grandson, Joseph Charles Howard III.
Idara has now transitioned to her final resting place. She leaves to cherish her memory 4 children: Rose, Cynthia, Wanda, and Louis Jr.; special daughter: Shannel; 6 grandchildren: Lacresha, Farron, Nicole, Amireya, Louis III (Tre), and Nevayah; 5 great-grandchildren, Jordan, Cameron, Kaden, Kendall, and Scarlett; brothers and sisters: Willie Frank, Gloria Jean, Ella Mae, Henry Leral, Mertie Marie, Johnny Ray, Bobby Leonard, Regina Kaye, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Idara has touched so many lives in her own special way and will FOREVER be remembered by those who knew and loved her.
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