Henry Daniel Andrews of Cashiers, North Carolina died on October 18, 2020 with his wife of 20 years, Glenda Andrews, at his side. Dan was the proud father of a son, Daniel Kerr Andrews; a grandfather, businessman and pilot. He was born on September 19, 1946 in Henryetta the son of Henry Jackson Andrews and Dorothy Kerr Andrews. Growing up, Dan could be seen helping his parents at the local DX service station they owned in Henryetta.
Dan attended Oklahoma State University, from which he graduated in 1968 and earned his MBA in 1969. He went on to a long career in retail business, including a 24-year tenure with Federated Department Stores, where Dan was a vice president and chief financial officer at Goldsmith’s Department Stores. Later, Dan poured his passion and experience into the opening of his own business: from 2004 to his retirement in 2019, he co-owned A Trade Above, a resale outlet in Lawrenceville, Georgia, known lovingly to his family as “the store.” There, Dan held court with regulars and made plans with his co-owner and close friend Laurant Servais.
Dan loved: bull-riding in his youth; his late, Chick-fil-A-loving pugs, Winston and Rommel; and flying. According to family lore, Dan once stole away with his father’s Cessna and took flight over their farm in Henryetta—much to his parents’ surprise. He spent many weekend afternoons piloting his own yellow Grumman over Georgia and enjoyed just as much the post-flight cups of coffee with his fellow aviation enthusiasts at the heliport in Lawrenceville. Planes overhead continue to remind his beloved grandchildren, Hayden Mary Andrews and Jackson Baker Andrews, of “Papa.”
Dan was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife Glenda Andrews; his son Daniel Andrews (Michelle) of Weston, Connecticut; his stepson Brandon Bauer (Brandi and daughter Margaret) of Dallas, Texas; and stepdaughter, Heidi Bauer of Naples, Florida. During the COVID outbreak in 2020 ADD COMMA, Heidi and Brandon spent additional time with Dan in the North Carolina mountains; Dan considered them his son and daughter as well.
Though he lived in Houston, Memphis, Atlanta and retired to North Carolina, Dan was an Oklahoman at heart who treasured his hometown and the farm on which he grew up. On Saturday September 25th, 2021, his family will gather there to remember him, with love.