Florence, SC -  Elizabeth Saverance Gandy, 93, died peacefully at her home in Darlington County, South Carolina on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery.  The family will have a time of visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday evening at the Funeral Home.

"Teency" was the daughter of the late Callie Pierce Saverance and Warren Lerand Saverance. She grew up attending Sparrow Swamp Baptist Church and graduated from Timmonsville High School, after which she moved to Florence to work as a telephone operator. In 1948 she was married to Rev. Ernest Laverne Gandy, and they spent their entire married life in the Florence-Darlington area. Mrs. Gandy was a devoted Christian and a longtime member of High Hill Baptist Church in Darlington. She loved flowers, dolls, cooking, and spending time with her family – each member of whom she was equally proud.

She is survived by two sons, Ernest  Lerand (Jerri) Gandy, Edwin Laverne (Laurin) Gandy; eight grandchildren: Jason (Aubrey) Gandy, Jonathan Gandy, Jennifer Roland, Jeff (Candace) Roland, Russ Roland, Eron Gandy, Elisa (Erik) Pavia, Hannah Gandy; ten great-grandchildren; her son-in-law David Roland and many special nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Rev. Ernest Laverne Gandy; her daughter Nancy Gandy Roland; her sister Mary Margaret Tedder; and her brothers William W. Saverance, Francis Marion Saverance, and James Wilbur Saverance.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Amedisys Hospice for their loving care throughout the last year, especially Sheila Brown and Brooke Creel.

Memorials may be made to High Hill Baptist Church, c/o Mr. Tommy Lewis, 2205 Timmonsville Hwy, Darlington, SC 29532.

"We are confident, I say: and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD." – 2 Corinthians 5:8.

You are invited to sign the guestbook at www.laytonandersonfh.com