Sandra Deal, the wife of former Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal is reportedly dead. She died at age 80.
The Deal family announced that Sandra Deal died on Tuesday from breast cancer that metastasized into brain cancer at the family home in the northeast Georgia town of Demorest, surrounded by the former governor and other family members.
Deal, who was a teacher in Hall County for more than 15 years, achieved a goal while the first lady of reading to schoolchildren in all 159 counties, all 181 Georgia school districts and numerous prekindergarten classes, ultimately visiting more than 1000 schools.
Sandra Deal is survived by her husband Nathan Deal and their four children: Jason, Mary, Emily, Carrie and Katie.