MR. DAVID McARTHUR ANDREWS – AGE 81, - Of Knoxville, Tennessee passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. He was born on December 20, 1942. He was the owner of Andrews Electric Company and was the pass owner of Andrews Appliance. He retired from K-25 in Oak Ridge and Lockheed Martin. He was a member of Greater Warner Tabernacle A. M. E. Zion Church. Mr. Andrews was a United States Air Force Veteran and was Honorably Discharged. Loved ones who preceded him are his wife, Ruthan Bowie Andrews on February 14, 2024, parents, Rev. Willie Yance Andrews and Mamie Lou Willis Andrews, two sisters, Dorothy Jones, Marie White, four brothers, Horace, Raymond, McBrady, and Willie Thomas Andrews.
Survivors are his loving family, son, Hansel (Pamela Patton) Andrews of Knoxville, Tennessee; daughter, Donita (Darrell) Love of Alcoa, TN; four grandchildren, TaNisha (Danai) Chinoda of Mt. Juliet, TN, Natasha (Demetrius) Robinson of Alcoa, TN, Takela Andrews – Riley of Knoxville, Melinda (Anthony) Burkeen of Cane Ridge, TN; sister-in-law, Dorothy Wesley of Chicago, IL; great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and his church family.
Homegoing Service will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 10:30 A. M. at Logan Temple A. M. E. Zion Church, 2744 Selma Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37914. The family will receive friends at the church from 9:30 A. M until the funeral hour. Interment at East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, 2200 east Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Arrangements entrusted to Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, GA. Flowers and local arrangements by Unity Mortuary, 1425 McCalla Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915.