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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