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Philip Pedras Gandy

Male 1923 - 1995  (71 years)


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  • Name Philip Pedras Gandy  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 15 Nov 1923  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Oct 1995  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 24 Oct 1995  Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    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)
    Person ID I34211  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2015 

    Father Pedras Perry Gandy,   b. Abt 1897, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Edith Wilna Watson,   b. Abt 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1919  [3
    Family ID F12501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Shirley Pauline Sanford,   b. 20 Jul 1925, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 2010, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1950 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Family ID F10838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Nov 1923 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Oct 1995 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 24 Oct 1995 - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), October 25, 1995, Page 14 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 35 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town Enumerated April 8, 1930 ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B Lillian Street 35-41 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield Enumerated 9 April 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 4A Line 16 (Reliability: 3).