A Service of Love and Memory for Steward Bryant Gandy, Jr.

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Saturday, October 12,1996
1:00 P.M.
Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church
Augusta, Georgia
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Reverend Alex King, Sr., Officiating
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Pallbearers
James Campbell
Chris Hazel
Kerwin Myles
Ronnie Spry
George Washington
Humphrey Peterson
Honorary Pallbearers
Trustee Board of Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church
Paine College Class of 1948
The Augusta and National Paine College Alumni Association
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By un unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Excerpts From
THANATOPSIS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
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The Gandy Family, wishes to gratefully acknowledge, with appreciation the kind words and
comforting expressions of friends during our hours of illness and bereavement.
. . . THE FAMILY
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Services Entrusted To
Historic Dent's Undertaking Establishment
930 D'Antignac Street Augusta, Georgia
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Processional
Ms. Christine Crockett
Hymn ...............................................................................#153
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Prayer .....................................................Reverend Dr. Maurice S. Cherry
Scripture
Old Testament ................................................Chaplain A. C. Redd
Psalm 23
New Testament............................................Presiding Elder Gene R. Dean
John 14:1-4
Solo...........................................................Mrs. Alrena Gifford Garrett
Reflections
Mr. Edmund Fordham
Mr. Willie C. Hill
Mr. Mallory Millender
Mr. Futhey Babcock
Acknowledgements .............................................Mrs. Helena Thompson
Hymn ........................................................................#189
"It Is Well With My Soul"
Eulogy .......................................................Reverend Alex King, Sr.
Recessional
Interment .............................................Mount Olive Memorial Gardens
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Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church
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Stewart ^Bryant &n<fy fr* was bom in Darlington, South Carolina on February 26, 1923, to the la
Stewart B. Gandy, Sr. and Edell Lewis Gandy.
Educated ill the public schools of Sumter, South Carolina and Dunn, North Carolina, he earned the Bachelor of Ar
Degree m English and Sociology at Paine College in 1948, the Master of Arts Degree in Educational Sociology
New York University, and did further study at Atlanta University and Sarah Lawrence College.
A Staff Sergeant in World War II, he was an original member of the 332nd fighter group serving in Italy. H
performance in flying escort led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to award him a Presidential Citation in 1944.
In 1948, he married the former Lorena Young. To this union two children were bom, Stewart Wayne and Anee
Dawn.
At an early age, he joined Bethesda Baptist Church in Society Hill, South Carolina, and held subsequel
memberships at Janes United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, New York, Bethel C.M.E. in Cordele, Holsey Temp
C.M.E. in Macon and Williams Memorial C.M.E. At Holsey Temple, he was elected Sixth District Representath
to the General Board, serving the Lay Department in the Financial Department. He served on the Trustee Board i
Williams Memorial as well as the Joint Board of Finances for the Georgia Conference.
He was devoted to Paine College. An outstanding student athlete, it was his idea to establish the Paine Collee
Athletic Hall of Fame, and he was selected as a charter member. He served his alma mater in numerous capacitie
including Admissions Counselor/Recruiter, Director of Recruitment, Director of Public Relations, Director c
Alumni Affairs/Placement, founding Director of Development and Vice President for Development and Publi
Relations.
He earned a footnote in the College's history when he chaired the Interim Committee that guided Paine Colleg
between the terms of Dr. E. Clayton Calhoun and Dr. Lucius H. Pitts, making him the first Black to head Pain
college in its day-to-day operation.
Prior to joining Paine College in 1963, he was a teacher at Ballad Hudson High School and he had been principal a
Henry Hunt Elementary School in Macon. In 1970, he left Paine to become Director of Development at the Moto
Foundation in New York. When he returned to Augusta in 1977, he directed the Bethlehem Community Center fo
five years, before rejoining Paine College, from which he retired in 1987.
He was the recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award for volunteerism with the scouts, and he was ;
member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
He leaves his loving and devoted wife, Lorena Y. Gandy; one son, Stewart Wayne (Jennifer) Gandy, Sr. of Racine
Wisconsin; one daughter, Angela Dawn (Victor) Gifford of Augusta; ten grandchildren, Victoria Dawn, Porti;
Nekia and Maya Chantal Gifford; Ayanna Kai Skinner, Lekisha, Ira Bryant, Anwar Oren, Stewart Wayne, Jr.
Daniel J. and Richard Carrigan Gandy; one great-grandson, Jordan Skinner; one sister, Mable Gandy Samuel anc
brother-in-law, Edward Samuel; and a host of nieces, nephews, and devoted friends.
There is a spirit which 1feel that delights to do no evil,
nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,
in hope to enjoy its own in the end.
JAMES NAYLER