Mr. J. D. Gandy

Services for J D Gandy, age 88, of the Garden Valley Community are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church with Pastors John Durham and Bruce Rudd officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery with services under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Mr. Gandy died Monday, October 15, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. J D Gandy, our husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend was born June 6, 1924. He grew up in a family of 5 girls and 4 boys, he never remembered being hungry even though their food was always hard to come by, The depression hit and he didn’t even know any life change because the living conditions they were in was not affected much. He only went through the 8th grade then went to work for the CCC program building roads in Colorado. He had miscellaneous jobs after that then the US entered the war and he joined the navy. Being in the military taught him things about life he could not have learned anywhere else. He found favor with God and man in his adult life. The miracles that occurred during the war that caused him to survive were amazing. After the war he worked in Pennsylvania with his brother, Marvin. Then after moving home went to work with the Southern Pacific railroad. While working on the railroad he met Sibyl Joan Swain in Waco, Texas. They were married December 17, 1949. In the next 7 years he was blessed with 3 daughters and 1 son. Moved to Houston, Texas and within a few years was the successful business owner of Action Cleaning Equipment Co. Where ever he lived he was a faithful church member in the Baptist Church where he was an elder, deacon, active participant in Sunday schools and other activities of the church. He was a faithful believer in the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. In the last days of his life he saw into Heaven and was joyful at the idea of going to be with Him. Mr. Gandy is survived by his wife, Joan Gandy of Garden Valley; daughters & sons-in-law, Madalyn (Gandy) & Bill Sykes of Houston and Melanie (Gandy) & Paul Roberts of Garden Valley, Geri Lane of Conway, Arkansas; son & daughter-in-law, Joe & Julie Gandy of Houston; sisters, Evelyn Britton, Dolma Gough and Jeanette Odneal; 9 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. "There is not enough room here to even begin to convey how great and kind and happy and godly a man JD Gandy was, not only to his wife and his family, but to anyone who knew him! He was also such a selfless gentleman, always wanting to help. The legacy he is leaving will be felt for generations to come. There will always be a hole in our lives that he filled, but we have the hope of seeing him someday. He genuinely loved the Lord his God very much and looked forward to heaven."

Mr. J. D. Gandy

June 6, 1924 - October 15, 2012