Name | Catherine AMERSON [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
Born | 1927 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
Gender | Female | |
HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina I don’t understand who her parents are. jkh Her mother is Katy Louise Amerson but who is her father? jkh at death- she had 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 1.5 great-great-grandchildren Catherine A. Gandy Catherine Amerson Gandy, age 84, beloved wife of the late Leon Gandy Sr., died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at her home. She was born in Sumter, a daughter of the late Katy Louise Amerson. She loved to work in the yard and garden. She was the last of five generations and will always be remembered as a very loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She was a member of the Ashwood Baptist Church. Surviving are: two sons, Leon Gandy Jr. and his wife, Brenda, of Sumter and Steve Gandy and his wife, Melissa, of Brunswick, Ga.; two daughters, Linda Catherine Gandy Griggs of Patrick and Dottie Gandy Wheeler of Houston, Texas; two brothers, Tommy Atkinson of Virginia and Al Atkinson of Sumter; four sisters, Betty Jean Bradley and Ethel Roberts, both of Sumter, Roberta Fletcher of Cooksville, Tenn., and Barbara Church of Tennessee; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 1.5 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Albert Sims and Leon "Lee" Gandy III officiating. Burial will follow in the Ashwood Baptist Church cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Amedisys Hospice, 2555 Lin Do Court No. E, Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Saturday, August 20, 2011 [1, 3, 4] | |
_UID | F9E4F1E6D5D847D3BE479597756177E5DE59 | |
Died | 18 Aug 2011 | at her home (Sumter, South Carolina) |
Buried | 21 Aug 2011 | Ashwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashwood community, Lee County, South Carolina [3] |
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Person ID | I113422 | Singleton and other families |
Last Modified | 23 Aug 2011 |
Father | Allie Bryan ATKINSON, Sr., b. 7 Oct 1906, Lee County, South Carolina , d. 18 May 1968, Baptist Hospital, Columbia, RIchland County, South Carolina (Age 61 years) | |
Mother | Katie Louise “Lou” AMERSON, b. 8 Nov 1906, Sumter County, South Carolina , d. 6 Jun 1992, at her home (Age 85 years) | |
Married | 2 Jan 1942 | Sumter County, South Carolina [5] |
_UID | 25C9DCDA3B4947E5A65D64E6BD3ECD248DE8 | |
Family ID | F49841 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Leon Edward GANDY, Sr., b. 1924, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina , d. 26 Sep 2003, Brunswick, Georgia (Age 79 years) | |||||||||
_UID | B3CCF2D06156449CBFC7884318690C44FA31 | |||||||||
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Last Modified | 2 Mar 2024 | |||||||||
Family ID | F78305 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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