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NASHVILLE, TN — Landy Gardner, award-winning interior designer, founder of Landy Gardner Interiors, and director of multiple church choirs passed away peacefully on Saturday morning surrounded by family. He died at age 64 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He is survived by the love of his life, Joy, and his two daughters, Dionne Gardner Dismuke and Lauren Dyson Hodge.
“We are overwhelmed by the love and generosity we’ve been shown by so many people who admired and were impacted by Landy. His imprint is everywhere &#; in each home he created, in each singer who sat under his direction. He brought his whole self to everything he touched, and he raised the bar of excellence in every endeavor. He taught all of us how to live life, making every moment meaningful and beautiful. We miss him so much, but we are ALL better for having had him while we did.”
As much a mentor of the arts as he was a practitioner, Landy dedicated his life to empowering designers and musicians across the world, using his desire to move people through song to direct a number church choirs since age His immeasurable love for design, spanning a four decade career as an interior designer, led not only to the success of his own business, but also to the success of the many designers he mentored and championed. He was a strong presence in the Nashville community for several decades, designing for celebrities, multiple generations of local families, and commercial spaces, helping to build the personality for which Nashville is known. Landy was continually recognized for his work and contributions to design, receiving many awards, including Southeast Designer of the Year, and was published in many of the industry’s most respected magazines and books. He designed homes for country music power couple, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, international fashion model, Karen Elson, and did the interiors for the Tennessee Governor’s mansion private residential wing.
Landy’s love for creating unparallel Design News, Delivered New, Event, Job, and More —xx, your friends at Business of Home Landy Gardner, the founder of Nashville, Tennessee–based Landy Gardner Interiors, passed away in late October at age 64 after a battle with cancer. Gardner leaves behind his wife, Joy, and his two daughters, Dionne Gardner Dismuke and Lauren Dyson Hodge. In addition to his year career as an interior designer, Gardner, who was known for his work for multiple generations of local families, celebrities and commercial spaces (and for his window at Design ADAC) was also director of multiple church choirs. “We are overwhelmed by the love and generosity we’ve been shown by so many people who admired and were impacted by Landy,” his family said in a statement. “His imprint is everywhere—in each home he created, in each singer who sat under his direction. He brought his whole self to everything he touched, and he raised the bar of excellence in every endeavor. He taught all of us how to live life, making every moment meaningful and beautiful. We miss him so much, but we are all better for having had him while we did.” Among his notable projects were homes for country music stars Faith Hill and TimMcGraw and model Karen Elson, and the Tennessee governor’s mansion private residential wing. “His passion was infectious. His inspiration was always new for each project,” says Dionne Gardner Dismuke, an interior designer herself, who joined Gardner’s firm 17 years ago. “He spent my whole life teaching me how to see things the way he saw them, how to consider the lives and lifestyles of each client individually as a home is planned and put together. I will continue to bring that kind of attentiveness to every detail of our clients’ homes, and continue to create the environments that reflect my father’s love of beauty and his desire to give that gift to people.” Gardner Dismu .Nashville interior designer Landy Gardner passes away at 64
The papers of American lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner (–) include manuscripts for hundreds of works by the creator best known for his Perry Mason series of detective stories. In addition to Gardner’s outgoing and incoming business and personal letters are extensive correspondence and documents from the Court of Last Resort legal project, as well works and/or correspondence by and between third parties. These papers are dominated by Gardner’s literary output, but also reflect his legal activities for the Court of Last Resort documenting crime, justice, law enforcement, prisons, and prisoners, as well as Gardner’s personal enthusiasms for Baja, California, Mexico, camping, and travel and exploration. The Gardner papers that were acquired by the Ransom Center between and were originally described in a card catalog and were organized into four series: I. Works; II. Letters (outgoing correspondence); III. Recipient (incoming correspondence); and IV. Miscellaneous (third-party works and correspondence). See the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for further information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in card catalog descriptions Series I., Works, ( boxes) encompasses alphabetically-arranged typescripts, galley proofs, and page proofs for numerous novels (especially the Perry Mason series), travel books, short stories, articles and other writings such as opinion pieces, reviews, and speeches. Gardner frequently dictated his first drafts, a number of which are available in the Ransom Center Sound Recordings collection. Some of the works also respresent Gardner’s writing for or about the Court of Last Resort, which reviewed cases against criminal defendants believed to have been wrongfully convicted. Over the years, Gardner wrote under several pseudonyms represented in these papers. Dominant are works by A. A. Fair (Cool and Lam series), with additional works attributed to Charles M. Green