Funeral services for Willie Samuel Gandy, 88, will be 2:00 pm Monday, November 12, 2007 at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with interment following in Old Hardin Cemetery in Kountze. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Gandy died November 8, 2007 at Veterans Hospital in Houston.
A native of Voth, Sam was a long time resident of Kountze. He was a farmer and rancher and served in the US Army during WWII.
Mr. Gandy was preceded in death by his parents, Mitchell and Lela Gandy, two sisters and four brothers. Survivors include his wife, Willie Meadows Gandy of Kountze; daughter Sharon Kay Ryan of Salt Lake City, UT; grandsons, Brent Allen Parker of Kountze and Joseph Ross Hamilton of Salt Lake City, UT; great granddaughter Kyla BreeAnn Parker of Kountze; brother Roy Clifton Gandy of Royston, GA and five sisters, Lucille Monych of La Marque, Ruth Maddox of Aransas Pass, Ann Steelman of Dallas, Dorothy Redden of Royston, GA and Betty Jasinski, also of Royston, GA.