Individual Details
Willie Lee Andrews
(30 Sep 1906 - 6 Sep 1973)
OBITARY: The Columbus Legder, Friday, September7, 1973
WILLIE L. ANDREWS
RIVERVIEW, Ala. -- Willie Lee Andrews, 66, Riverview, died Thursday at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke, Ala.
Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lanett (Ala) Nanzrene Church, with burial at Shawmut (Ala.) Cemetery, according to Johnson-Brown Service Funeral HOme, Langale, Ala.
Mr. Andrews was born Sept. 30, 1906, in Chambers County, son of the late John T. and Annie Oliver Andrews. He was a member of Lanett Nazarene Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Druary Webb Andrews, Riverview; a son, Vance Andrews, LaGrange, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. Earl Canon, LaGrange, Mrs. Jo Tobin, New York City, Mrs. Thalia Newton, Fort Benning, Ga., and Mrs. Rudolph Leak, Jr., Phenix City, Ala.; five sisters, Mrs. Mabel Manchester, Orcutt, Calif., Mrs. Opal Banks, Oeplika, Ala., Mrs. Cassie Corley, Dadeville, Ala., Mrs. Zella Holey, Lanett, and Mrs. Annie Lowe Goggins, Riverview; and a brother, Thomas Andrews, Lanett.
Contributed by Bennie Gross in behalf of the late Mr. L. F. Simpkins.
WILLIE L. ANDREWS
RIVERVIEW, Ala. -- Willie Lee Andrews, 66, Riverview, died Thursday at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke, Ala.
Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lanett (Ala) Nanzrene Church, with burial at Shawmut (Ala.) Cemetery, according to Johnson-Brown Service Funeral HOme, Langale, Ala.
Mr. Andrews was born Sept. 30, 1906, in Chambers County, son of the late John T. and Annie Oliver Andrews. He was a member of Lanett Nazarene Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Druary Webb Andrews, Riverview; a son, Vance Andrews, LaGrange, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. Earl Canon, LaGrange, Mrs. Jo Tobin, New York City, Mrs. Thalia Newton, Fort Benning, Ga., and Mrs. Rudolph Leak, Jr., Phenix City, Ala.; five sisters, Mrs. Mabel Manchester, Orcutt, Calif., Mrs. Opal Banks, Oeplika, Ala., Mrs. Cassie Corley, Dadeville, Ala., Mrs. Zella Holey, Lanett, and Mrs. Annie Lowe Goggins, Riverview; and a brother, Thomas Andrews, Lanett.
Contributed by Bennie Gross in behalf of the late Mr. L. F. Simpkins.
Events
| Birth | 30 Sep 1906 | Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama | |||
| Marriage | 25 Jul 1932 | Chambers County, Alabama - Hope Colley |  | ||
| Census (family) | 17 Apr 1940 | Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama - Hope Colley |  | | |
| Death | 6 Sep 1973 | Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama | |||
| Burial | Shawmut Cemetery, Valley, Chambers County, Alabama | | |
Families
| Spouse | Hope Colley (1914 - 1946) |
| Child | Jerilee Noema Andrews (1933 - 2004) |
| Child | Colley Vance Andrews (1936 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Anita Dale Andrews (1945 - 1945) |
| Child | Living |
Notes
Census (family)
Willie L Andrews Head Male 33 Alabama - Card room, cotton millHope Andrews Wife Female 25 Alabama
Noema Andrews Daughter Female 6 Alabama
Vance Andrews Son Male 3 Alabama
Zella L Andrews Daughter Female 2 Alabama
Burial
PLOT Old Sec Lot 19-AEndnotes
1. Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-9LMX.
2. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1L6-DX4.
3. Find a Grave Memorial 56926519.