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Bobby Neil Anderson

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Bobby Neil Anderson

Birth
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 May 2019 (aged 92)
Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Bobby Neil Anderson was born September 14, 1926, in Muhlenberg County, to Clayton S Anderson and Hazel D Skipworth Anderson. He was a newspaper owner and publisher and member of Union Hill Baptist Church in Goodlettsville, TN. He was the previous owner of the Expositor newspaper in Sparta, TN. He also worked for the Times Argus and Leader News, and was manager of WMTA radio station. He was the editor and publisher of the Trenton Weekly Gazette, and was a songwriter with a top ten hit in the late 1950’s ‘Walk-in My Blues Away’ and author, of several books including ‘Tales of the Bicentennial’ Muhlenberg County History and his newspaper column “The Inside Story”.. He research genealogy in Muhlenberg County and many of is reason documents can be found in the Muhleberg Genealogy section of the library. He is well known for his support of the thumb pickers in the area, his creation of “That Muhlenberg Sound”. I He was also a U.S. Army veteran.
Bobby Neil Anderson was born September 14, 1926, in Muhlenberg County, to Clayton S Anderson and Hazel D Skipworth Anderson. He was a newspaper owner and publisher and member of Union Hill Baptist Church in Goodlettsville, TN. He was the previous owner of the Expositor newspaper in Sparta, TN. He also worked for the Times Argus and Leader News, and was manager of WMTA radio station. He was the editor and publisher of the Trenton Weekly Gazette, and was a songwriter with a top ten hit in the late 1950’s ‘Walk-in My Blues Away’ and author, of several books including ‘Tales of the Bicentennial’ Muhlenberg County History and his newspaper column “The Inside Story”.. He research genealogy in Muhlenberg County and many of is reason documents can be found in the Muhleberg Genealogy section of the library. He is well known for his support of the thumb pickers in the area, his creation of “That Muhlenberg Sound”. I He was also a U.S. Army veteran.


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