Georgia Andrews' Obituary
Services for Georgia Andrews, 98, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Long Chapel C. M. E. Church, 514 Lining St., Lufkin, TX. Burial will follow in the McKelvey Cemetery in Tadmor, TX. Visitation is Friday from 6:00 till 8:00p.m.at Colonial Mortuary.
Georgia Andrews, age 98, was born February 22, 1920, in a small rural community in Houston County, Ratcliff, Texas, one of five children to the late Austin Martinez and Melvina Martinez. Mama and Nanny as she was affectionately known, accepted Christ at an early age and committed herdife to God, family and education. While growing up in Ratcliff, Texas, she developed a passion for baking cakes, pies, and gingerbread. She was a master preparer of that scrumptious East Texas soup. She enjoyed cooking and feeding others. Her delicious meals brought joy to family and friends. Georgia was a master gardener and an exquisite quilter. She spent countless hours quilting and teaching others how to master the art of quilting. Her favorite patterns were the Wedding Ring and Pine Cone. She relocated early in life to Lufkin, Texas, where she lived a remarkable life.
Georgia met and married the late L. C. Lilly, and to this union two children were born, Rosanne and Helen. Later she married Eddie Andrews, an insurance salesman who travelled the roads of East Texas. The two of them enjoyed many happy years together until his death. Georgia was employed by several loving families (Tucker and Patsy Weems, Wilber and Helen Kent, Billy and Mozelle Robinson, and Dr. Charles and Beverly Kent) in Lufkin, Texas. She assisted with childcare, and she shared with them many of her delectable culinary holiday specialties.
She was a faithful member of Long Chapel CME church for many years, serving as President of Stewardess Board #2, church secretary, and she orchestrated several successful fundraisers to help the church with its outreach ministries. Georgia was faithful in servicing the pastors who were assigned to the church. The pastors would always frequent Georgia's dinner table on Sundays, along with family and friends. Later in life she reunited with Bethel CME Church, and Simpson Chapel Church where she worshipped faithfully until she relocated to Pearland, Texas.
During her tenure in Pearland, she worshipped and fellowshipped with the
Briarchase Missionary Baptist Church, where members and friends loved her dearly.
Georgia was preceded in death by her parents and four siblings. She leaves to cherish her precious memories, two daughters, Rosanne Andrews Brown (Andre) Pearland, Texas, Helen Andrews Mims (Lesil) Pearland, Texas, four grandchildren, Adrian Brown, Shaunna Brown, DeAndrea Brown, and Jeffrey Perkins, five great-grandchildren, Shannon Coleman, Markeith Tennison, Autumn Brown, Aiden Brown and Madisyn Harris. A loving and supportive cousin, Dr. Samuel Biggers and special niece Shryell Martinez, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and devoted friends who adored her.
She'd often reflect happily on her return home to Ratcliff, Texas, the place where she saw the beauty of nature and the awesomeness of the people. It was the beauty of East Texas that gave way to a new beginning for her. It's the place where her life began. Houston County, Ratcliff and Lufkin were her places of refuge and comfort.
The voice of this treasure and servant has been silenced by death, but her exceptional life will always be remembered by everyone who knew her in one way or another.
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