Charles Clifford Anderson (1903-1993)

Charles Clifford Anderson was my grandfather. He was the fifth child of Council Robert Anderson and Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Watson and was born near Hawkinsville, GA. Growing up he was known as Charlie. His parents were fairly large land owners and farmers. Council is also supposed to have operated a general store. I am told that Charlie first saw an airplane a the age of 6 (1909/10), no small event as the Wright brothers did not first fly theirs until 1903. I know nothing of his schooling in Hawkinsville. Unfortunately, by the age of 14 (1917/18), Charlie and his father were not getting along. The last straw appears to have been Council's reaction when Charlie's dog got rabies. Council told him that it was his dog and he would have to shoot it himself to put it out of its misery. Whether or not Charlie did the deed is not known, but he did leave home shortly thereafter. Charlie departed Hawkinsville and moved in with his uncle in Huntsville, AL. This uncle, Charles Clifford Anderson, was Council's older brother and Charlie's namesake. He had studied in Maryland to be a pharmacist and moved to Huntsville after marrying a Huntsville native, Leila Worthem Coles. His brother, Carl Sanders Anderson, was also a pharmacist in Huntsville. The older Charles operated Anderson Drugs, a Huntsville staple for many years. Charlie lived and worked in Huntsville for the next decade, probably attending school for the first few years. But in 1929, Charlie decided to move south to the fast growing city of Birmingham, AL, most likely to pursue employment. It was here that he would become known as Andy. It is not known if Andy was driven south by the start of the Great Depression that year, but it could not have been easy to find employment. He only managed to get a job via someone he knew in the KKK (a local klavern known as Robert E. Lee Klan #1). His own membership status is not known. He then worked hard for the next several years, earning a "responsible position" with Avondale Mills. My father said the responsible position included being a part of the management training program. This is the position he held when he met my grandmother. to be continued...

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