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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 22, 2021

Memphis lawyer Lenal Anderson Jr. died Oct. 9. Visitation was held today. A memorial service will take place tomorrow at noon CDT in the Goldsmith Room of the Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd., Memphis, TN 38117. Anderson attended Tougaloo College and earned a master in business administration from Harvard Business School. While in business school, he worked with fellow Tougaloo graduates to register African-Americans to vote in the Mississippi Delta. Several years later he earned his law degree from Columbia Law School. In 1979, Anderson returned to Memphis to teach and chair the business administration division at Lemoyne-Owen College. He also opened a private law practice where he served for more than 40 years. For the past eight years, he practiced with his daughter Nena. Donations may be made to the Memphis Area Tougaloo Alumni Chapter Scholarship Fund, C/O Sylvia Gray, 1612 Autumn Tree Cove, Cordova, TN 38016.