Rosemary Wright Anderson

Rosemary Wright Anderson of Little Rock, who was universally known as Missy, died on Monday, September 26, 2011. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Philip S. Anderson, her children, Sidney Kenyon of Boston, Wright Anderson of Vilseck, Germany, and Kate Askew of Little Rock. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Anne Askew of New York, Elsie Kenyon of Boston, Mary Read Askew of Little Rock, William Kenyon of Boston and Paula Anderson of Vilseck, Germany, by her sisters, Kathleen Wright Atkins of Little Rock and Bridget Wright Warner of Albuquerque, and her nieces and nephew, Sarah Wright of New York, Kathleen Warner of Albuquerque, Christopher Warner of Los Angeles, and Page Atkins and Mary Mulhollan of Little Rock. Her parents were the late Edward L. and Rosemary Tuohey Wright of Little Rock. She was a member of the fifth generation of her family to live in Little Rock. She was a past president of the board of trustees of the Arkansas Arts Center and an honorary life trustee of the AAC. She began her volunteer work at the AAC as a docent, leading tours of current exhibitions, and then spent several years preparing a catalogue of the museum's permanent collection. Three years ago, she began tutoring as a volunteer for Literacy Action of Central Arkansas, which teaches reading to adults. She graduated from Mount St. Mary Academy and received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from St. Louis University. She spent a lifetime pursuing her interests in art, Romanesque architecture and all things French. She was a sustaining member of the Fine Arts Club of Little Rock and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Little Rock. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 West 17th Street, Little Rock. There will be a private interment at Roselawn Cemetery prior to the funeral. Funeral arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 W. Markham Street, Little Rock. www.ruebelfuneralhome.com. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to the Arkansas Arts Center, 501 E. 9th Street, Little Rock, or to Literacy Action of Central Arkansas, 100 N. Rock Street, Little Rock, 72201.