Abt 1897 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
1. | Pedras Perry Gandy was born about 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. Notes:
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Census Listings:
1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 13A
Hemphill and Fairdale Road
252-268
Gandy, Leroy R Head m W 43 M La Ala La Salesman Retail Dry Goods Store
Gandy, Mattie E Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
Gandy, Pedras P Son M W 23 M La La Tx Tailor Own Shop
Gandy, Edith W Dtr-in-law F W 22 m Tx Tx Tx
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B
Lillian Street
34-40
Gandy, Lee P Head M W 54 m20 La Ala La Farm Overseer
Gandy, Mattie Wf F W 54 m20 Tx Tx La
35-41
Gandy, Pedraw P Head M W 33 M 22 La La Tx Tailor Mens Clothing
Gandy, Wilna W F W 31 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Gandy, Leon Son M W 9 S Tx La Tx
Gandy, Phillip Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx
1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield
Enumerated 9 April 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 4A
Line 16
Gandy, Pedras P head M W 43 M La Same House Merchant Retail Dry Goods
Gandy, Wilma Wf F W 41 M Tx Same house
Gandy, Hilliard Son M W 19 S Tx Same House
Gandy, Philip Son M W 16 S Tx Same House
Pedras married Edith Wilna Watson about 1919. Edith was born about 1898 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Col. Leon Hilliard Gandy was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 2008; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
- 3. Philip Pedras Gandy was born on 15 Nov 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 24 Oct 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 2
2. | Col. Leon Hilliard Gandy (1.Pedras1) was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 2008; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Leon married Frances Eleanor Matthews on 1 Oct 1945 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Frances was born on 17 Jun 1923 in Spokane, Washington, United States; died on 16 Nov 2002; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Philip Pedras Gandy (1.Pedras1) was born on 15 Nov 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 24 Oct 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
October 25, 1995, Page 14
Philip Gandy
Philip Pedras Gandy, 71, of Hemphill died early Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.
He was born Nov. 15, 1923, in Hemphill as a son of the late Pedras P. Gandy and Wilna (Watson) Gandy and had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the East Mayfield Baptist Church. Gandy was retired from the clothing and dry cleaning business with the family operated Gandy's in Hemphill.
Survivors: wife, Emily Ann Gandy, daughters, Tera Gandy and Vicci Fuller, both of Hemphill, sons, Philip Mark Gandy of Hemphill and Jeffery Scott Gandy of Bartesville, OK; step-daughters, Diane Freedman of Beaumont, Marsha Carr and Janet East, both of Pt. Arthur; a grandson, Dustin Fuller of Hemphill; and brother, Leon Gandy and wife Frances of Oklahoma City.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Gravelhill community with Bro. Wendell Ferguson officiating. Interment was at Hemphill City Cemetery. Services were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)
Philip married Shirley Pauline Sanford before 1950. Shirley was born on 20 Jul 1925 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Nov 2010 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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