Hallie Chandler Andrews

Hallie Francena Chandler Andrews, 85, of Browns Summit, passed away February 26, 2024.  Her life will be celebrated during a graveside service at 2 PM, Friday, March 1, 2024 at Westminster Gardens Cemetery in Greensboro, NC.  The family will greet friends beginning at 1 PM, prior to the graveside service, in the cemetery mausoleum.

Hallie was born in Greensboro, June 30, 1938 to the late Van Halley and Hannah Brazille Chandler.  She graduated from Greensboro Senior High School (now Grimsley High School).  She was employed at Lindley Elementary School as school secretary and later went to work at Carolina Steel Company also as a secretary where she met her future husband, James Junior Andrews.  They were married on January 19, 1974.  They moved to Greenville, SC with Carolina Steel and where she later worked with BB&T Bank.  Years later she and James created Andrews Steel from which they both retired.  

Hallie loved to cook and entertain and the bigger the event the happier she was.  She was known for her culinary talent and was also a gifted floral arranger.  She loved her animals and was happiest when her large family gathered at their home in Oak Island.

She is survived by her husband of fifty years, James J. Andrews of the home; daughters, Carrie Collins of Greensboro, Tassie and Ron Robinson of Locust, Wendy and Ray Smerdon of Oak Island, Donna and Dean Trotter of Lexington and Lisa and Grady Kidd of Greensboro; grandchildren, Lyndsay and Nick Paquette, Benjamin and Stephanie Pinnix, Ashley Romero, Kacie Romero, Stephen Trotter, Laura Trotter, Gray and Karen Kidd and Liston Kidd; nine great grandchildren; four nieces and one nephew.  In addition to her parents, two brothers, John and Creed Chandler preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.