Opal Barker Anderson went to see Jesus on December 5 2012. Graveside funeral services were held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Newberry Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Eddie Bledsoe. She was born on May 19 1927 in Elberton GA to the late Arthur A. and Mary Wells Barker She was married 64 years to Henry Anderson and they were the parents of two children. Opal was a dairy farmers wife who cooked three hardy meals a day and took no vacations from her chores. In her younger days Opal played softball and coached a womens team for years at Newberry City Recreation Department. She was fun-loving young at heart loved a good auction and managed her hobbies of gardening sewing reading but most of all spending precious time with her family especially her grandchildren and their children. Besides her husband she is survived by her children Barbara (Ken) Riebe and Bill (Janice) Anderson; five grandchildren Mark (Jill) Riebe Matthew (Michelle) Riebe Michelle (Scott) Rush Morgan Anderson and James (Brittany) Hazel; 6 great-grandchildren; and sisters Mary B. Ellison and Dorothy B. Davis. She was predeceased by a sister Glenda Ward and brothers Claude Charlie Rudolph Pete Sam Marcell Nub Leroy tiny and Arthur Bubba Barker. The family wishes to thank White Oak Manor staff for the excellent care provided to Opal over the past months. She made new and endearing friends who laughed and cried with her along the way. Memorial may be made to St. Judes Childrens Hospital 332 North Lauderdale St. Memphis TN 38105 or to White Oak Manor Activities Fund c/o Jim Davis Activities Director 2555 Kinard St. Newberry SC 29108. On line condolences may be sent to the family at www.whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home of Newberry is assisting the family. To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away; a time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silence and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time of war and a time of peace.