Gary Comer Bandy, Deceased August 10, 2001

Gary Comer Bandy, 60, son of Ethel Scheets Bandy and James Bandy, was born June 10, 1941, at Yukon. He died Aug. 10, 2001, at his home at Kimberling City following a lengthy illness. He graduated from Houston High School in 1959 and the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture. He married Carol L. Craig of Keytesville June 3, 1962. Mr. Bandy worked for Moorman Manufacturing Inc. for 32 years, holding several positions in sales. He retired in 1994. He became a real estate broker/salesman for Prudential Ozarks Choice Real Estate in and around the Kimberling City/Branson area. He was a member of the Big Creek Free Will Baptist Church. Later he and his family spent many hours in service at the First Baptist Church of Litchfield, 111. He and his wife, Carol, worked with a bus ministry, teaching and leading children. He was preceded in death by his father and his wife, Carol.

He married Meredith Kaye Wallace Welker Jan. 6, 1996. He was a member of Kimberling City First Baptist Church, Kimberling  at the time of his death.  He had bone cancer. Surviving are his mother of Houston; his brother, Danny Bandy of Houston; his wife of Kimberling City; three daughters, De Anna Fenton of Edgerton, Wis., Dona Barnhill of Elsbury and Lisa Scott of Wellsville; a stepson, Michael Kinnaird of Scottsdale, Ariz.; one stepdaughter, Lona Farrell of Springfield; and four grandchildren. Services were Aug. 14 at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Houston with the Rev. Delbert Gayer and the Rev. Bruce Moore officiating. Burial was in the Big Creek Cemetery under the direction of Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Skaggs Professional Hospice of Care at Branson.