Ellen Juanita Bowman Anderson, 83, of the Lakeview Community, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, August 23, 2018 following a long illness.

Ellen was born on April 20, 1935 in Cherokee County, Alabama to the late Henry & Versie Bowman.  She was a member of the Crossing Church of Chattanooga and her greatest joys in life was worshipping the Lord and caring for her children and grandchildren.  In addition to her parents, Ellen was preceded in death by her sister, Marie Morris.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Walter Dale Anderson; children, Gregory Dale Anderson, Gary Walter Anderson, Linda Ellen Anderson Byerly, all of Lakeview, and Diana Joan Anderson(Jimmy) Hartley of East Ridge; granddaughters, Crystal (Joseph) Tillery, Cassie (Joey) O’Neil, Maegin (Travis) Staten, Brandi (Jake) Curd, & Emily (Jamie Harvey) Hartley; four great-grandchildren, Haden, Zachery, Anderley, & Olivia; brother, Edward Allen Bowman, Niceville, FL; sisters, Elizabeth Burrow, Ooltewah, TN, and Joan Beck, Sand Rock, AL.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. in the South Crest Chapel with interment to follow in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.

Please share expressions of sympathy at lane-southcrestchapel.com.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.