More detail on this person: Lt. Col. Raymond G. Andrews, US Army (Ret), 78, passed away on
Sunday, October 19, 2014 at his home.
The funeral service will be 3:00 PM on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Greene Funeral Home Northwest
Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer Rd, Rock Hill, SC with Dr. James D. Whitmire officiating. Burial will be in
Fort Jackson National Cemetery on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 2:00 PM.
Born in Pensacola, FL, Lt. Col. Andrews was a son of the late James Ellis Andrews and the late Annie
Findlay Smith Andrews. He was a retired US Army veteran of 22 years. He was commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery. He began his career serving as the Air Defense Command Choral
Group Director. Career highlights include two tours in combat, in the Republic of Vietnam, serving
first as a Chinook Helicopter pilot and finishing his duties as commander of a Chinook Company. He
concluded his career serving as the Professor of Military Science at Presbyterian College, Clinton,
SC. He then served 17years in the Laurens School District 55 and later served as the Administrator
of Spartanburg Christian Academy. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Rock Hill and enjoyed
music, gardening and fishing.
Surviving are his wife, Connie Jo Dooley Andrews; his children, Rachel Childress and her husband,
Franklin of Lorton, VA, Scott Andrews and his wife, Eva of Rock Hill and Keith Andrews and his wife,
Monica of Ft. Bliss, TX; his daughter-in-law, Kay Andrews of Columbia, SC; his siblings, Louise
Doyle of Gulf Breeze, FL, Douglas Andrews and his wife, Edie of Pensacola, FL, Glenn Andrews and
his wife, Betty of Holiday Isle, Ark. and Warren Andrews of Bowling Green, VA; and seven
grandchildren, Caroline Childress, Sydney and Emily Andrews, Elizabeth Anne, Mary Catherine,
William and Jenny Andrews. He was preceded in death by his son, Darryl Andrews and two sisters.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the funeral home. Condolences
may be made at www.greenefuneralhome.net
Published in Spartanburg Herald-Journal from Oct. 20 to Oct. 21, 2014
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