Opal Linda Anders

Opal Linda Anders, 54, died Sept. 13, 2010 in a Mineral Wells hospital.. Service is 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Mt. Hermon First Baptist Church with Rev. Rick Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Park Cemetery.. She was born Feb. 10, 1956, in Mineral Wells, Texas, to Levon Anders and the late Effie Newsome Anders. She was the only daughter of seven children born to Levon and Effie. She matriculated through the Mineral Wells Independent School District where she was very active in sports.. After graduating from Mineral Wells High School, she attended Bishop College in Dallas, Texas. She later worked in Garland, Texas. She returned to Mineral Wells in the early 1990s, where she met Stephen "Steve" Johnson, whom she later married in 1993.. Opal joined Mt. Hermon Baptist Church at an early age, where she participated in the youth choir. Prior to her illness, she began attending Mt. Olive A.M.B. Church, where some of her relatives are members.. She is survived by her husband, Steve; stepdaughter, Ashley; father, Levon Anders (friend, Lucy), of Mineral Wells; special brother, Julio Alexis Mendez, of Mineral Wells; special sister, Jessica Mendez Rodgers, of Mineral Wells; brother, Bruce Anders of Dalhart, Texas; brother, Nathaniel Anders (wife, Allison) of Watauga, Texas; sister-in-law, Mary Anders, of Fort Worth; aunt, Ruby Greer (husband, Matt), of Mineral Wells; great-aunt, Flora Greer, of Los Angeles; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other loved ones.. She is preceded in death by her mother, Effie Anders; her brother, Clevon Anders; three brothers who passed as infants; maternal grandparents, Steve and Opal Newsome; paternal grandparents, Frank and Ruby Anders; her aunt, Carol Jefferson; and her uncles, Rochester Anders and Levester Anders.. Condolences may be left at www.bcbfuneralhome.com.. Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home