Dr. Wayland D. Andrews

ANDREWS, Dr. Wayland D. DVM, of Richmond, Va., departed this life on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He was born on May 26, 1925, in Essex County, Va. Dr. Andrews served his country in combat during WWII with the U.S. Marines. He graduated from Virginia Tech and the University of Georgia, receiving a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. He then went into private practice and later retired from the State. He will be greatly missed. Dr. Andrews was predeceased by his mother and father, Allene Beazley Andrews and William Lawrence Andrews, both of Essex Co.; siblings, Miriam Hutchinson Andrews, Maude Andrews Charles, Lawrence Battaile Andrews, Lucille Foster Andrews, John Randolph Andrews, Charlotte Belle Cecchini and Mary Allene Fitch. He is survived by five nieces and nephews, Frances Turpin Dillard of San Diego, Calif. and Tappahannock, Va., Allene Turpin Carlisle of Grosse Pointe, Mich., William Randolph Turpin of Newton, Va., Randolph Barry Fitch of Richmond, Va., John Ralph Cecchini of Allentown, Pa.; and a multitude of friends. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in the Chapel at River Road Church, Baptist, where Dr. Andrews has been a member for 43 years.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.