Press-Register 7/24/2009
Ludy "Cap" Anderson, who for more than three decades fished from a spot at the end of Fairhope Municipal Pier that came to be known as "Cap's Corner," has died. He was 95.
Wearing a baseball cap and, in more recent years, driving a three-wheeled electric scooter, Anderson taught hundreds of children to fish as he occasionally eyed his own three fishing rods for a telltale yank on the line.
Anderson had been unable to fish as often as he'd like in recent years because of health problems, family members said. In 2006, he was moved to a nursing home.
"He never accepted living at the nursing home," said Margie Jordan, 63, one of Anderson's five surviving children. "Fortunately, I was able to grant his last wish. We brought him home to be with family at the end."
Jordan said she'd been unable to take care of her father in recent years because she is herself battling a form of leukemia.
More than a decade ago, Fairhope's then-Mayor James P. Nix and the City Council awarded Anderson a key to the city. Nix said Thursday that Anderson had been an "unofficial ambassador" for Fairhope, even though he grew up in Monroeville and lived most of his adult life in Daphne.
"He was very colorful and always enjoyed talking to people," Nix said. "He had a special place in his heart for Fairhope, and I think Fairhope had a special place in its heart for him, too."
Anderson was born in 1914 in northeast Monroe County, one of 13 children.
In past newspaper stories, Anderson said he started coming to the Fairhope pier in 1968 as a newly retired civil servant. He had worked 23 years at Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile until it closed in 1966, then worked at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, where he worked in the mailroom and as a taxi driver until he retired.
Anderson was a founding member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Montrose. Though he attended church at Concordia every Sunday for decades, Saturday's funeral will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear.
"He was very popular, and Concordia Lutheran would be too small," Jordan said.
Anderson's survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mary Anderson of Daphne; and his children, Dorothy Crosby of Fairhope, Margie Jordan, Mattie Russ and David Anderson, all of Daphne, and the Rev. Paul Anderson of Chicago.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear. Burial will follow in Montrose Cemetery. Azalea Funeral Service on State Street in Mobile is handling arrangements.
In a 2001 news article, Anderson said he planned on staying in his little corner of the Fairhope pier as long as he could manage.
"If I can't go by myself, I'll be there as long as somebody carries me down there and I can hold a fishing pole," he said. "Hey, I'll go as long as I can tell somebody to reel that fish in."
Ludy "Cap" Anderson, who for more than three decades fished from a spot at the end of Fairhope Municipal Pier that came to be known as "Cap's Corner," has died. He was 95.
Wearing a baseball cap and, in more recent years, driving a three-wheeled electric scooter, Anderson taught hundreds of children to fish as he occasionally eyed his own three fishing rods for a telltale yank on the line.
Anderson had been unable to fish as often as he'd like in recent years because of health problems, family members said. In 2006, he was moved to a nursing home.
"He never accepted living at the nursing home," said Margie Jordan, 63, one of Anderson's five surviving children. "Fortunately, I was able to grant his last wish. We brought him home to be with family at the end."
Jordan said she'd been unable to take care of her father in recent years because she is herself battling a form of leukemia.
More than a decade ago, Fairhope's then-Mayor James P. Nix and the City Council awarded Anderson a key to the city. Nix said Thursday that Anderson had been an "unofficial ambassador" for Fairhope, even though he grew up in Monroeville and lived most of his adult life in Daphne.
"He was very colorful and always enjoyed talking to people," Nix said. "He had a special place in his heart for Fairhope, and I think Fairhope had a special place in its heart for him, too."
Anderson was born in 1914 in northeast Monroe County, one of 13 children.
In past newspaper stories, Anderson said he started coming to the Fairhope pier in 1968 as a newly retired civil servant. He had worked 23 years at Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile until it closed in 1966, then worked at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, where he worked in the mailroom and as a taxi driver until he retired.
Anderson was a founding member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Montrose. Though he attended church at Concordia every Sunday for decades, Saturday's funeral will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear.
"He was very popular, and Concordia Lutheran would be too small," Jordan said.
Anderson's survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mary Anderson of Daphne; and his children, Dorothy Crosby of Fairhope, Margie Jordan, Mattie Russ and David Anderson, all of Daphne, and the Rev. Paul Anderson of Chicago.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear. Burial will follow in Montrose Cemetery. Azalea Funeral Service on State Street in Mobile is handling arrangements.
In a 2001 news article, Anderson said he planned on staying in his little corner of the Fairhope pier as long as he could manage.
"If I can't go by myself, I'll be there as long as somebody carries me down there and I can hold a fishing pole," he said. "Hey, I'll go as long as I can tell somebody to reel that fish in."
Press-Register 7/24/2009
Ludy "Cap" Anderson, who for more than three decades fished from a spot at the end of Fairhope Municipal Pier that came to be known as "Cap's Corner," has died. He was 95.
Wearing a baseball cap and, in more recent years, driving a three-wheeled electric scooter, Anderson taught hundreds of children to fish as he occasionally eyed his own three fishing rods for a telltale yank on the line.
Anderson had been unable to fish as often as he'd like in recent years because of health problems, family members said. In 2006, he was moved to a nursing home.
"He never accepted living at the nursing home," said Margie Jordan, 63, one of Anderson's five surviving children. "Fortunately, I was able to grant his last wish. We brought him home to be with family at the end."
Jordan said she'd been unable to take care of her father in recent years because she is herself battling a form of leukemia.
More than a decade ago, Fairhope's then-Mayor James P. Nix and the City Council awarded Anderson a key to the city. Nix said Thursday that Anderson had been an "unofficial ambassador" for Fairhope, even though he grew up in Monroeville and lived most of his adult life in Daphne.
"He was very colorful and always enjoyed talking to people," Nix said. "He had a special place in his heart for Fairhope, and I think Fairhope had a special place in its heart for him, too."
Anderson was born in 1914 in northeast Monroe County, one of 13 children.
In past newspaper stories, Anderson said he started coming to the Fairhope pier in 1968 as a newly retired civil servant. He had worked 23 years at Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile until it closed in 1966, then worked at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, where he worked in the mailroom and as a taxi driver until he retired.
Anderson was a founding member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Montrose. Though he attended church at Concordia every Sunday for decades, Saturday's funeral will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear.
"He was very popular, and Concordia Lutheran would be too small," Jordan said.
Anderson's survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mary Anderson of Daphne; and his children, Dorothy Crosby of Fairhope, Margie Jordan, Mattie Russ and David Anderson, all of Daphne, and the Rev. Paul Anderson of Chicago.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear. Burial will follow in Montrose Cemetery. Azalea Funeral Service on State Street in Mobile is handling arrangements.
In a 2001 news article, Anderson said he planned on staying in his little corner of the Fairhope pier as long as he could manage.
"If I can't go by myself, I'll be there as long as somebody carries me down there and I can hold a fishing pole," he said. "Hey, I'll go as long as I can tell somebody to reel that fish in."
Ludy "Cap" Anderson, who for more than three decades fished from a spot at the end of Fairhope Municipal Pier that came to be known as "Cap's Corner," has died. He was 95.
Wearing a baseball cap and, in more recent years, driving a three-wheeled electric scooter, Anderson taught hundreds of children to fish as he occasionally eyed his own three fishing rods for a telltale yank on the line.
Anderson had been unable to fish as often as he'd like in recent years because of health problems, family members said. In 2006, he was moved to a nursing home.
"He never accepted living at the nursing home," said Margie Jordan, 63, one of Anderson's five surviving children. "Fortunately, I was able to grant his last wish. We brought him home to be with family at the end."
Jordan said she'd been unable to take care of her father in recent years because she is herself battling a form of leukemia.
More than a decade ago, Fairhope's then-Mayor James P. Nix and the City Council awarded Anderson a key to the city. Nix said Thursday that Anderson had been an "unofficial ambassador" for Fairhope, even though he grew up in Monroeville and lived most of his adult life in Daphne.
"He was very colorful and always enjoyed talking to people," Nix said. "He had a special place in his heart for Fairhope, and I think Fairhope had a special place in its heart for him, too."
Anderson was born in 1914 in northeast Monroe County, one of 13 children.
In past newspaper stories, Anderson said he started coming to the Fairhope pier in 1968 as a newly retired civil servant. He had worked 23 years at Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile until it closed in 1966, then worked at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, where he worked in the mailroom and as a taxi driver until he retired.
Anderson was a founding member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Montrose. Though he attended church at Concordia every Sunday for decades, Saturday's funeral will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear.
"He was very popular, and Concordia Lutheran would be too small," Jordan said.
Anderson's survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mary Anderson of Daphne; and his children, Dorothy Crosby of Fairhope, Margie Jordan, Mattie Russ and David Anderson, all of Daphne, and the Rev. Paul Anderson of Chicago.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral at Bethel Lutheran Church in Point Clear. Burial will follow in Montrose Cemetery. Azalea Funeral Service on State Street in Mobile is handling arrangements.
In a 2001 news article, Anderson said he planned on staying in his little corner of the Fairhope pier as long as he could manage.
"If I can't go by myself, I'll be there as long as somebody carries me down there and I can hold a fishing pole," he said. "Hey, I'll go as long as I can tell somebody to reel that fish in."
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