Richie Anderson

Published 12:00 am Saturday, January 24, 2009

PORT GIBSON — Richie Anderson died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Port Gibson. He was 40.

Mr. Anderson was a member of the Vicksburg High School class of 1986. He had attended Hinds Community College, where he was a member of the baseball team. He was a veteran of the Navy, having served in the Gulf War aboard the USS Roosevelt. He was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Louise Carter.

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Survivors include his father, William Stewart of Chicago; stepfather, Johnnie Clark Sr. of Vicksburg; three brothers, Patrick Richardson of Vicksburg, Kalvin Richardson of Philadelphia and Davonta Lyles of Chicago; two sisters, Kimberly Richardson Northern of Houston and Valarie Stewart of Chicago; his maternal grandmother, Marie Young Sims of Vicksburg; and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and other relatives.

Arrangements are being handled by Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home.