SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 2, 2008
                                                                  TO
                                                     PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2003

                                               INVESTRAC GOLD VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT
                                                               ISSUED BY
                                                  AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                              THROUGH ITS
                                          AMERICAN NATIONAL VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT


As American  National  Insurance  Company will observe the Thanksgiving and Christmas  holidays by being closed for business on Friday,
November 28, 2008, and Friday  December 26, 2008, the sub-section  entitled  "Contract  Transactions"  on page 17 is amended to read as
follows:

Surrenders,  transfers,  and loans  requested by you and  purchase  payments  made by you are  processed  only on Valuation  Dates that
American  National  Insurance  Company is open for  business.  American  National  Insurance  Company is closed for business on Friday,
November 28, 2008,  and Friday,  December 28, 2008, in observation  of the  Thanksgiving  and Christmas  holidays.  On Valuation  Dates
American National Insurance Company is closed for business,  only automated  transactions (i.e. monthly  deductions,  periodic charges,
dollar cost averaging program, portfolio rebalancing program, systematic withdrawal program) are processed.