Nancy McIntosh Ardis

NANCY MCINTOSH ARDIS, 79, OF VIDOR, TEXAS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER RESIDENCE ON JANUARY 28, 2025.

NANCY WAS BORN IN BAY CITY, TEXAS JULY 6, 1945 TO GEORGE AND NELLIE MCINTOSH. HER FAMILY MOVED TO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY, GRADUATING FROM ORANGEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.

NANCY WAS A DEVOTED WIFE TO HER HUSBAND RAYMOND ARDIS FOR OVER 40 YEARS BEFORE HIS PASSING IN 2016.

THEY BOTH HAD A PASSION FOR HUNTING, FOOTBALL, NASCAR AND GATHERING AROUND THE WOOD STOVE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY OFTEN TELLING STORIES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS HUNTS AND HAPPENINGS AROUND THE DEER CAMP.

WHEN OPENING DAY OF DEER SEASON CAME YOU COULD USUALLY FIND NANCY IN HER DEER STAND, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE ON THE MAIN ROAD INTO CAMP SO SHE COULD SEE WHO ALL WAS COMING IN AND OUT. IF YOU WERE DRIVING A LITTLE TOO FAST SHE WOULD DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND AT TIMES LOUDLY. WHEN SHE WASN'T HUNTING SHE WAS USUALLY COOKING UP BREAKFAST OR DINNER FOR THOSE AT THE CAMP. IN HER YOUNGER YEARS SHE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST HOMEMADE YEAST ROLLS AROUND.

NANCY WAS ALSO A BELOVED DOG MOM FOR MANY YEARS. SHO-SHO AND NITRO WERE ALWAYS BY HER SIDE WHETHER AT HOME, THE CAMP OR IN THE SHOP. THOSE PUPS WERE LIKE CHILDREN TO NANCY AND THEY PROVIDED SO MUCH JOY TO HER AND RAYMOND.

NANCY WAS A FIGHTER. SUFFERING A MAJOR STROKE IN 1992 WHICH LEFT HER MOBILITY LIMITED BUT ONLY FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP HERSELF GOING BEING ABLE TO DRIVE AND TEND TO HER FAMILIES NEEDS AND BEING THE FIESTY WOMAN SHE WAS SHE MADE THAT HAPPEN. SHE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH NOT ONLY HER HOUSEHOLD BUT WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO NEEDED A HELPING HAND EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE. SHE WAS A HEAD STRONG, BOUND AND DETERMINED TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO TYPE OF WOMAN AND SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.

NANCY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 40 YEARS, RAYMOND ARDIS. HER PARENTS GEORGE AND NELLIE MCINTOSH. HER DAUGHTER CYNTHIA (CINDY) LESHER, BROTHERS BILLY MCINTOSH, COTY "REGGIE" MCINTOSH, DANNY MCINTOSH AND GRAND-DAUGHTER BRANDY BRYAN.

NANCY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS JEANETTE COOK AND HUSBAND AARON AND DIANNA BISCAMP ARDIS, BROTHER JERRY MCINTOSH AND WIFE PEGGY AS WELL AS HER BROTHER-IN-LAW DAVID ARDIS, ALL OF VIDOR.

GRANDCHILDREN BYRON STANSBURY AND WIFE MEAGAN, AUSTIN COOK, CODY COOK, SEAN DEVIN COOK AND WIFE RONNI AND RANDI FRAZEE AND HUSBAND MATT ALONG WITH 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

NIECES AND NEPHEWS KELLY MCINTOSH GOULD (JUSTIN), JODY MCINTOSH, BILLY MCINTOSH, LORI GLANVILLE, SHAUNA ARDIS, BRUCE GLANVILLE, DANA RICHARD (HARRY), MICHAEL LEATHERWOOD (ANN), JERRY HUDSON. SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND NUMEROUS GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS AS WELLAS MANY FRIENDS SHE MET THROUGHOUT HER LIFE’S JOURNEY.

THE FAMILY WILL PLAN A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT A LATER DATE.