Sandra Deal cause of death: What happened to Nathan Deal wife?

Sandra Deal was the wife of the U.S. state of Georgia’s 82nd Governor, Nathan Deal, and served as the First Lady of Georgia from 2011 to 2019.

She was an American education advocate and public school language arts, teacher.

Sandra Deal cause of death: What happened to Nathan Deal wife?

Sandra Deal, born Sandra Dunagan, was born to educators and grew up in Gainesville, Georgia.

She attended Georgia College & State University where she received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1963 and received her master’s degree in elementary education in 1968.

Before her tenure as the first lady of Georgia, she taught language arts at public schools for over 15 years. She later retired as a sixth-grade middle-school teacher.

She married her husband, Nathan Deal, in 1966 and they have four children: Jason, Mary Emily, Carrie, and Katie.

In January 2018, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. A few months later, in May 2018, she completed her radiation treatments.

However, she succumbed to the illness on August 23, 2022. She passed away at her home in Demorest, Georgia, at the age of 80, from cancer that had spread to her brain.