Sandra Deal Obituary

Sandra Deal was an American education advocate and public school language arts, teacher. As the wife of the US State of Georgia’s 82nd Governor, Nathan Deal, she serves as the First Lady of Georgia from 2011 to 2019.

In 2016, she served as the keynote speaker at Georgia Gwinnett College’s summer commencement.

In 2017, Georgia College & State University unveiled the Sandra Dunagan Deal Centre for Early Language and Literacy.

A state-funded educational institute, the centre aims to provide professional development, or training to the early elementary teachers to improve the early language and literacy skills of Georgia’s children by providing research-based professional development for organisations working with children from birth through age 8.

Sandra married Nathan Deal in 1966. She and former Governor Deal have four children: Jason, Mary, Emily, Carrie and Katie.

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