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Sam W. Gandy
21 Dec 1914 – 8 Apr 2007
| Birth | 21 Dec 1914 |
| Death | 8 Apr 2007 |
| Cemetery | Oak Grove Cemetery Nacogdoches , Nacogdoches County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Harlan Svoboda on 31 May 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18840595 |
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NACOGDOCHES - Services for Dr. Sam W. Gandy, 92, Nacogdoches, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors with Randy Harshbarger officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Dr. Gandy died April 8, 2007, in Nacogdoches.He was born Dec. 21, 1914, in Apple Springs to William and Enna Gandy. He was a graduate of Lufkin High School and Stephen F. Austin State College. He attended Baylor College of Dentistry, graduating in 1939, and opened a dental practice in Nacogdoches in 1939. He left his practice to serve as captain in the Army during World War II in Germany and the Aleutian Islands. Following the war, he returned to Nacogdoches and practiced dentistry until he retired in 1992 at the age of 78. He was a member of Stallings Drive Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Tannie Frances Ivy Gandy, on May 25, 2006. Survivors include son, Dr. William Gandy, Nacogdoches; sister, Albertine Gandy, Apple Springs; and two granddaughters. Pallbearers are Dr. Malcolm Rector, Dr. Vyrne Shofner, Dr. Larry Hancock, Bill Jobe, Pat Pruitt, Geoff Wayne and Greg Geter. Honorary pallbearers are J.D. Harkrider and McNeil Grimes. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Deep East Texas, 907 N. Mound, Nacogdoches, 75961; Nacogdoches Treatment Center, 119 Hughes St. Nacogdoches, 75961 or Church of Christ Library, 3831 N.E. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, 75965. Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 4/10/2007.
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