Mrs. Emma Thurmond Anderson, 82, of Appling, entered into rest on July 4, 2024.

Mrs. Anderson was a longtime resident of Appling. She enjoyed sewing which led her to have a career as a seamstress for Empire Casket Company. When she was not working Mrs. Emma loved to play cards with her card group "The Trashy Ladies". She liked baking cakes with red velvet and coconut being her specialties. Her favorite thing of all though was spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Thurmond and Emma Mae Thurmond; her husband, Sam Anderson; and her siblings, William Thurmond Jr., Benny Thurmond, and Betty Jean Dunson.

Survivors include her children, Fred Anderson (Melissa), Dr. Edward L. Holton (Patricia), Paul Anderson (Jessica), Sam Anderson, and Sandra Stamey (Frankie); her special friend Carolyn Andrews, and the rest of "The Trashy Ladies"; as well as many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and other family members.

Funeral Services will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at the Thomas L. King Funeral Home Chapel, 124 Davis Rd. Martinez Ga 30907. Interment will follow in Bellevue Memorial Gardens, 4501 Wrightsboro Rd. Grovetown Ga 30813. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.