Mary Jo Gandy leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter, Nekita Rena Gandy; two brothers,
Robert and Thomas Ward; and five sisters—Ella Johnson, Annie Dell Ward, Margaret Kemp, Mary Carolyn Windrick (Andrew), all of Starkville, MS; Emma Ward, of Jackson, TN, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and friends—including a very special one, Mary Turnipseed.