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THE WINNSBORO NEWSPago 6 Thups., Juno 17. 1365Coon Creek ...*'Continued from Page D lumn. I was hoeing corn and if was hotter than all gct-mif when I got the notion to write something for the newspaper,” he said. ”1 went to the house right then and wrote my first column, which was published in the Free Press.”Fie said a few weeks later | the owner of the Ml, Vernon pa* j per also asked him to write a j column, and from that time his | “Coon Creek” was a popular j feature in many area newspa*I per s.j When Mr. Gandy ran for the j legislature, he wanted the name “Coon Creek” on the ballot. After being told that nicknames were not allowed on the ballot, ho went before the late District Court Judge Charles T. Berry; and had Coon Creek made part j of his legal name. jMr. Gandy was born July 1, 1883. the son of J. M. Gandy and , Julia Rutledge Gandy. IHe was married to the former : Minnie Chifsey who survives, j Nov. 26, 1005, and they lived on j the same farm all their married j lives until they moved to Sulphur Springs.Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons. H. W. Gan-j dy of Honey Grove, H. D. Gandy.| San Antonio, and J. M. Gandy, Fort Worth; two daughters, Mrs. Sihvl Chapman, Dallas, and Mrs.IB, B. Potthoff, San Antonio; three brothers, Wylie Gandy,| Winnsboru, Dewitt Gandy, Mai* i vern. Ark., and Max Gandy, Bul-j lard. Texas; a sister, Miss Martha Gandy, Dallas; eight grand-| children and four great-grandchildren.Pallbearers for the funeral were his grandsons and nephews, IJohn Chi I soy, Aubrey Chitsey, j Eugene Gandy, Joe Gandy, Jam-: es Gandy and Howard Gandy.
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Winnsboro News
Winnsboro, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 17, 1965
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