All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Vertie V. Anderson

Vertie V. Anderson, 95, of Cleveland, W.Va., died Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at her home. 

She was born on January 31, 1926, in Webster County, a daughter of the late William R. and Susan A. Cowger Pudder.  She was preceded in death by her husband Boyd Baxter Anderson; two sons: Bobby Leroy Anderson and Herbert Lee “Speck” Anderson; one daughter Daisy Ruth Anderson; one grandson; one brother; and three sisters. 

She is survived by three daughters: Della Anderson, Linda and husband Doyle Tenney, and Thelma Hamrick, all of Buckhannon; four grandchildren; and several great grandchildren.

Mrs. Anderson was a Methodist by faith. She dearly loved her grandchildren and especially enjoyed taking them fishing. She spent many hours digging ramps and was an avid canner, canning all foods available to her, especially pickled ramp roots, which she sold. 

The family will receive friends on Monday, September 13, 2021, from 10-11 a.m. — the funeral hour, with Rev. Chris Cosner officiating.  Interment will follow in the Vance Cemetery at Hacker Valley. 

Online condolences may be extended to the Anderson family at www.heavnerandcutright.com. The Anderson family entrusted the Heavner & Cutright Funeral Chapel with the arrangements.

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