Donald Edward Anderson

Services for Dr. Donald Edward Anderson, 83, a Tyler Resident for 49 years, will be held at Stewart Family Funeral Home at 10:00 AM, August 1st, 2016. Dr. Anderson passed away July 27th at The Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. He was born May 21, 1933 in Nebraska, to the late Wesley and Rosalea Anderson. Dr. Anderson was a graduate of Salem High school, Salem, Oregon. He achieved a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Northwestern Saint Paul, where he was a collegiate baseball and basketball letterman. Dr. Anderson holds a Master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1959, and a Doctor of Ministries degree from Talbot Seminary. Dr. Anderson was the Founding Executive Director of Pine Cove Camps. He formulated the innovation of Counselor Centered Christian Camping, a teaching format that has influenced the success of Christian Camping in the U.S. To facilitate Counselor Centered Camping, Dr. Anderson created teaching curriculum for camp counselors that has now grown beyond camping, and is used worldwide to teach the Bible to all audiences. Dr. Anderson is also the Founder of Bible Teaching Resources, a Tyler Based Christian Publishing and Teaching Ministry. He is the author of (10) books, conducted teaching to a worldwide audience via Satellite Radio, and also conducted Internet Based Bible Teaching. Prior to helping start Pine Cove, Dr. Anderson served as the Program Director for The First Christian Camp and Conference Center, Bellingham, Washington, and served as a Young Life Facilitator in Dallas. Dr. Anderson’s lifetime work also includes serving as Pastor of Hide-Away-Lake Community Church, Lindale, and Pastor of Emerald Bay Community Church, Emerald Bay, Texas. Dr. Anderson was one time Chaplin for the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, and Youth Minister for First Presbyterian Church, Bremerton, Washington. Dr. Anderson was a Marathon Runner, completing the Houston, Las Vegas, and Whiterock Marathons. He successfully scaled several 14,000’ plus mountains in the U.S. He achieved the level of Water Safety Instructor Certification at the Red Cross Life Saving School. Dr. Anderson was preceded in death by his precious daughter Becky in 2006. Dr. Anderson is survived by his wife of 65 years, Pearl Anderson; sister Lila Graves of Albany, Oregon; and brother Marv Anderson of Lebanon, Oregon. Dr. Anderson is the father of 4 surviving children, Donna Skorheim of Tyler, Bobby Anderson of Wichita Falls, Grant Anderson of Seattle, and Julea Gulbrandson of Portland, Oregon. Dr. Anderson has 10 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, July 31, 2016, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy in Tyler. Memorials in honor of Dr. Anderson can be made to Bible Teaching Resources Prison Ministry, bibleteachingresources.org. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Hospice of East Texas Foundation, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75702.

Donald Edward Anderson

May 21, 1933 - July 27, 2016