Myers Anderson built the house at 542 East 32nd Street with his own hands. He spent six hundred dollars. He ran an ice and wood delivery business out of the same address — the 1955 city directory records him precisely: ice and wood, 542 East 32nd, home same address.
In 1955 a seven year old boy named Clarence arrived here from Pin Point, Georgia, with everything he owned in a paper bag that was not even full. His mother had remarried. She could no longer care for Clarence and his brother. She sent them to live with her father — Myers Anderson.
What Myers Anderson gave Clarence Thomas was not comfort. It was discipline and expectation. He made his grandsons work. He made them study. He told them they would not fail.
That boy is now Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court. No published biography had ever identified the address where he grew up. DEED found it in a 1955 Savannah city directory. The house is still standing at 542 East 32nd Street.
| Name | Myers (Tena) |
| Occupation | Ice and wood delivery |
| Address | 542 E 32d |
| Note | h do — home same address |
| Discovery | First published identification of this address |