Mr. Thomas Wayne Anderson Sr. This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.kinston.com

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   Published on: 3/12/2008   Last Visited: 3/12/2008

   Anderson was sentenced to consecutive six-to-eight-month sentences in the Department of Corrections by Superior Court Judge Paul L. Jones, which were suspended to supervised probation, according to the county Clerk of Court's office.
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   Anderson was stripped of his funeral director's and insurance agent's licenses because of the scandal, according to a February press release from the N.C. Department of Insurance.
   
   Pate said though the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association revoked his director's license, they would have allowed Anderson to apply for an embalmer's license after a year.
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   "And (Anderson is) not allowed to be an embalmer until his restitution is paid."
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   Anderson was the director for the former Lane-Anderson Funeral Home, which was purchased in foreclosure in 2007 by the Rev. Billy Anderson and renamed G. Lane Memorial.The Rev. Anderson is not related to Thomas Anderson, he said in a previous interview with The Free Press.
   
   There is one particular case Pate found particularly shocking, she said.
   
   "There was a pre-need account for a person residing at Caswell Center," she said."He had a guardian appointed to him....The person ... learned that the account at the bank had been closed out.And they went to find out where's this person's money.
   
   "Mr. Anderson had represented that (the Caswell resident) was deceased and had used the money to pay for funeral expenses."

2. 2. The Kinston Free Press

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   Published on: 1/1/2007   Last Visited: 1/3/2007

   Thomas Anderson, owner of Lane-Anderson Funeral Home, has hired a lawyer and plans to appeal the board's decision but declined to comment further.

3. 3. www.kinston.com

   www.kinston.com/news/funeral_4 - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/7/2008   Last Visited: 2/8/2008

   Thomas Wayne Anderson Sr., 49, of 1689 Scarborough Dr., was arrested by Department of Insurance investigations when he failed to appear in court Wednesday.Kinston and Greenville police assisted with the arrest, according to a press release.He was processed by Kinston police and helped on a $25,000 bond.
   
   Anderson was originally charged in June 2006 with two counts of embezzlement.He faced allegations that he kept $6,000 in premiums for pre-needs burials, which he sold at the funeral home.
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   Anderson was the former funeral director for the Lane Anderson Funeral Home, according to the press release.Both his insurance agent's and funeral director's licenses have been revoked over the incident.
   
   The current owner of the funeral home, now called G. Lane Memorial, said he bought the business in foreclosure last year.The Rev. Billy Anderson, who is not related to Thomas Anderson Sr., said he couldn't comment on the arrest because the alleged perpetrator never worked for him.
   
   Wall said seniors , or anyone purchasing a pre-needs burial , need to do their homework when buying something like this.
   
   "It's just kind of like any other insurance product: If you to purchase one of these, call and check if they're licensed," she said.