Annie Gazelle Carpenter Andrews, 85, passed away Thursday evening, December 13, 2012, at CMC-Northeast Medical Center.
Born June 21, 1927 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Ruth Drye Carpenter. Annie had attended Landis High School, retired from the card room of Linn Mills and was a member of Rodgers Park Baptsit Church. Family members include her husband, Richard T. Andrews, Sr., who she married July 1, 1949, her son, Richard, Jr. and wife , Marsha. of Counce, TN, her daughter, Diane Ritchie and husband, Dennis of China Grove, her granddaughter, Laine Andrews and great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn Hoff, both of Gulf Shores, AL. Visitation from 6-8 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Linn-Honeycutt in Landis. Funeral 2:00 PM Sunday, at Rodgers Park Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Ralph Robinette. Entombment to follow in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to Rodgers Park Baptist Church, 309 E. 24th Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083.