Gaynell Tolbert Anderson

March 6, 1916 - October 30, 2018

Funeral service for Gaynell Tolbert Anderson, age 102, will be Friday, November 2, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Ingram officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Anderson passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Piedmont Healthcare Center. Mrs. Anderson is survived by her daughters, Carol Pittman and Patricia Wirth (Tom); grandchildren, Michael Pittman, Allison Martin, Mauri Coleman Romero (Donnie) and Craig Coleman (Mica); great grandchildren, Zach and Noah Pittman, Cole and Morgan Martin, Madelyn and Emily Romero and Ashleigh Pittman; and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews whom she loved dearly. Mrs. Anderson was born March 6, 1916 in Jacksonville, Alabama and had been a resident of Piedmont most of her life. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Piedmont and was the co-owner of the Peanut Delight Candy Company. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Alvin Anderson; grandson, Jimmy Pittman; parents, John and Media Tolbert; brothers, Clarence Tolbert and Harold Tolbert; and sister, Kathalene Bryan. The family would like to extend a special thank you to The Meadows Of Jacksonville and Piedmont Health Care Center for the love and care given to Mrs. Anderson. In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial contributions to Venecia's Foundation, P.O.Box 572, Piedmont, AL 36272.