Margaret Lucille Anderson, nee Callahan, of Steelville, Missouri passed away Friday, December 2, 2011 at Gibbs Care Center in Steelville at the age of eighty-four.  She was born July 30, 1927 in Cherryville, Missouri to Edward and Myrtle (Murray) Callahan.  In the year 1967 at Steelville, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Carson William Anderson who preceded her in death on September 13, 1986

Margaret  was of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed doing crafts, crocheting, shopping, going to yard sales and taking care of her plants. She also enjoyed her collection of  Winnie the Pooh and dolls.

She will be sadly missed by her son Bill Anderson and wife Kathy of Steelville, MO; two daughters Judy Chandler and husband Lonnie of Steelville, MO and Diane Barton and husband Bill of Salem, MO; one son-in-law Utah Cassidy of Steelville, MO; sixteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Carson; one daughter Faye Cassidy; four brothers Ivy Callahan, Harvey Callahan, Floyd Callahan and Glen Callahan; two sisters Mildred Walker and Erma Quinton; and one grandson Lonnie Chandler.

The Family received friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville, Missouri.

Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville, Missouri with Rev. Jerry Beers officiating. Special music of "Long Black Train" was sung and played by Rev. Jerry Beers. Other music of "Walk across Texas" was also played.

Committal prayer and interment were in the Martin-Trask Cemetery at Cherryville, Missouri.

Honored to be casket bearers were Russell Counts, Lonnie E. Chandler II, Dakota Brown, Justin Trout, Austin Halbert and Carl Shipley.

The Family was served by the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home of Steelville, Missouri.