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March 19, 2010

Roger Perry Gandee

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

FLAT TOP LAKE — Roger Perry Gandee, age 65, of Flat Top Lake, W.Va., passed away at the Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 after fighting a difficult battle with leukemia. Mr. Gandee was born on August 4, 1944 in Ripley, W.Va., and was the son of the late Perry Darrell Gandee and Elizabeth Mae Anderson Gandee. Mr. Gandee was a graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, W.Va. and from WV State College in 1968 with a BS degree in business administration. He had enjoyed a very successful and satisfying career in the automotive industry for 35 years, having worked in Charleston, Ripley, Princeton, and Beckley, W.Va. He was currently employed as the general sales manager for the Lewis Automotive Group in Beckley, W.Va. Roger was known for his infectious laughter and he enjoyed life to the fullest. He never seemed to have “a bad day,” and he was an admired friend and mentor to many. He was an avid fisherman, and enjoyed traveling and cruising the world with his wife and friends. He was preceded in death by his son, Roger Kevin Gandee. Surviving are his loving wife of 30 years, Wanda Bender Gandee; four granddaughters, Stacy Compston of Ripley, W.Va., Britney Gandee of Sissonville, W.Va., Luci Harris of Ripley, W.Va., and Alex Harris of Kanawha Falls, W.Va.; tow great-granddaughters, Lydia and Amelia Compston of Ripley, W.Va.; one brother, Darrell Keith Gandee and his wife Nancy of Durham, N.C. Many extended family members also survive. A celebration of Roger Gandee’s life will be held at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel on Sunday March 28, 2010 at 3 p.m. Friends may visit with the family one hour prior to the services. In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to Rosenbaum Family House, Medical Center Drive, P.O. Box 8228, Morgantown, WV 26506, or by email at http://www.health.wvu.edu/rosenbaum/ His generosity will live on by his desire to have his organs studied for future research to save other lives. Online condolences may be sent to our guestbook at www.roseandquesenberry.net. Arrangements are by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, 729 Flat Top Road, Shady Spring, W.Va.

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