Kenneth Wayne Andrews

Kenneth Wayne Andrews, 79, of Checotah, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Muskogee Veteran’s Hospital. He was born on October 7, 1932 in Sayre, Oklahoma the son of Ernest Lee and Ella Mae Andrews. He graduated from Sayre High School in Sayre, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the United States Army on April 17, 1953 and was honorably discharged on February 28, 1961in San Francisco, California. In 1954, Kenneth married Chloe Andrews. They were happily married for fifty-three years. She preceded him in death in 2007. On May 9, 2008, Kenneth married Wanda June Cole Morgan in Claremore, Oklahoma. Kenneth worked as a machinist. He was a long time member of the Terra Star R. V. Park in Checotah. He loved country and gospel music and played with a lot of groups and jammed with a lot of musicians in South Texas when he spent the winters there. He also played at Terra Star for Sunday Worship Service with his wife Wanda. He was a member of the Eufaula First Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include: his wife, Wanda, of the home; his son, Kenny Andrew and wife Amy; his step-sons, Don Morgan and Larry Morgan; his step-daughter, Alene Shropshire and husband Tim; his sister, Cora Lee Bell; eight grandchildren, Megan Morgan, Christina Brumley, Jason Brumley, Will and Katie Andrews, Kevin Brumley and Starlena and Timmy Shropshire; five great grandchildren, Donnie Morgan III, Zaden Lee Morgan, Chloe Brumley, Conner Brumley and Courtney Brumley and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sisters, Beulah and Ernestine and his first wife, Chloe.