Andrew Grady Singer Jr.

Andrew Grady (A.G.) Singer Jr., 85, began his heavenly life journey on July 31, 2010. He was a soldier to the very end as he valiantly fought to reach his 85th birthday and witness the marriage of a grandchild. He was born on July 31, 1925 in Hampton, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his loving parents Andrew Grady Singer Sr. and Edith T. Scaggs of Hot Springs, Arkansas; sisters Dorothy Bradley, Doris Files, and Rebecca Strickland; daughter Agnes Charlotte Sitka and son Daniel Travis Singer both of Houston. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Pearl; son Andrew G. Singer III of Klein and daughter Laura E. Anderson of Deer Park; 10 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother George Singer of Phoenix and a sister Bobbie Singer of Mexico City.

A. G. served in the European Theatre during WW II as a member of Patton’s famed Third Army, in the Fifth Infantry, 11th Regiment, Company B light machine gun section. He was wounded at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, but continued to see action quickly returning to the front lines. Among his military awards were a Purple Heart and four Bronze Stars. While in the military, he met a young beautiful nurse, Pearl Hingle, in Hot Springs where they married following the war beginning their long and loving relationship.

In 1951, A. G. and his family moved to Houston where he was initially employed by Folger’s Coffee. He began a long and successful sales career with American National Insurance Co. in 1960 serving as Asst. Sales Mgr, Training Consultant, and finally serving as District Manager for 20 years prior to his retirement in 1990. He received numerous outstanding sales awards, was past President of the Galveston Association Life Underwriters, a 32 degree Mason, a volunteer for Avalon Nursing Home, United Way, and Senior Citizens.

He often said that his greatest achievement was his family and many friends. He was a loving and caring son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. God, Family and Country were the most important things in his life. Acts of kindness were the norm for A.G. and strangers were never strangers for very long. He will be missed by everyone.

A celebration of his live will begin with a visitation service from 5:00 until 8:00 pm, Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at the Forest Park East Funeral Home, followed by Funeral Services in the Chapel at 10:00 am, Thursday, August 5, 2010.