Lucy Charlotte Ryan Anderson was born on September 13, 1924 at the family home in Ryan, West Virginia, She attended several elementary schools because her father was a teacher at these schools, including Ryan, Cicerone, Straightcreek, and Hedgeapple. They were able to go in the automobile on good weather days, and when the weather caused the roads to be too muddy, they would walk or ride horseback. She graduated from Walton High School in 1943. She attended West Virginia University for her freshman year. She then went to Glenville State Teachers College as a sophomore and back to WVU as a junior. She received a scholarship from the Polio Foundation to attend the School of Physical Therapy at the Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and graduated in September, 1946. She took her first position at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis, Illinois during the poliomyelitis epidemic. On December 26, 1947, she married Boyd Anderson. They had four children: Katheryn, Madeline, Donald, and Dorothy. Boyd was in the USAF and the family was able to live in Japan, Guam, and the Philippines. While in Guam and Philippines, Charlotte and Boyd were able to visit several Pacific Islands and Kowloon and Hong, China. Later Charlotte was able to travel to England, Scotland, Ireland and later Spain. Charlotte and Dorothy enjoyed 2 tours to Hawaii and a 17 day tour of New Zealand and Australia. Charlotte worked as a physical therapist in several hospitals and in schools with programs for students with physical disabilities. She retired from the schools in 1982, but continued to work part-time in private nursing homes and health care organizations until moving to Florida in 1993. 1995 was a year of loss, Dorothy died of lung failure and Boyd died of a massive heart attack. Charlotte stayed quite busy with care of her home and gardening. She volunteered for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the American Cancer Society. She was a lifetime member of the American Physical Therapy Association, a "Prime Timer," and the Alpha Delta Kappa an educational service organization. Charlotte passed quietly on October 12, 2016. She is survived by Katheryn, of Colorado, Madeline, of Florida, and Donald, of Virginia. A celebration of her life will be at the Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home in Spencer, WV on May 13, 2017 at 1:00.