Smiley Anders, Columnist Beloved by Generations of Advocate Readers, Former Louisiana Farm Bureau News Editor, Dies at 86

By Jan Risher

The Advocate

Year after year, people have started their mornings with Smiley.

His column — a daily collection of funny, odd and nostalgic anecdotes submitted by his many readers and deftly spun into an entertaining whole — captured the spirit of south Louisiana.

After more than 50 years of writing for The Advocate, Smiley Anders died Friday at his home in Spanish Town in Baton Rouge. He was 86.

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