found: His Rag mop [SR] 1949:label (Anderson)
found: OCLC, Apr. 1, 2010(hdg.: Anderson, Deacon)
found: D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song, 1963:(words and music: Johnnie Lee Wills, Deacon Anderson)
found: Bradley, Andy. House of hits, 2010:page 28 (Deacon Anderson, steel guitarist known for Ragg Mop, got his start at Gold Star Records by cutting records with Clyde Thompson and the Village Boys)
found: Tributes WWW site, October 31, 2017:(James "Deacon" Anderson, January 4, 1925-April 30, 2011, Montgomery, TX; singer, songwriter, steel guitarist known for country and novelty hits such as Ragg Mopp, Red Hot Flame, I Can't Stand To See You Cry; inducted into the steel guitar hall of fame, owner of music studio in Groves and Port Neches, TX)
found: U.S. copyright catalog, 1949, accessed via Google Books, October 2, 2018(James Dee Anderson; composer and lyricist)
found: Time magazine, March 13, 1950, accessed via Academic Search Complete, October 2, 2018(James Anderson of Port Arthur, Texas; goes by "Deacon" Anderson; age listed as 26 years old; U.S. soldier turned songwriter and musician)
found: World War II draft cards, 1940-1947, via Ancestry Library WWW site, October 2, 2018(James Dee Anderson; born January 4, 1924 in Highlands, Texas)