Rebecca (Becky) Williamson Andrews (February 18, 1942 – December 18, 2022)
Becky was born in Wichita, KS and died peacefully at the Emmanuel Community Living House in Orchard Lake, Michigan with her husband by her side.
She graduated from Wichita East High school in Wichita, KS, where she was a four-year member of the Blue Aces’ Peppy Pilots Pep Club. She served on the Pep Club Cabinet and was also active in student government as an elected member of the Senate.
Becky attended Kansas University and graduated with a B.A. degree in Interior Design and became an ardent “Jayhawk” basketball fan.
After working for the Hallmark Corp. in Kansas City and becoming a lifelong member of the American Society of Interior Design (ASID), she moved to Birmingham, Michigan to be the Regional Sales Rep for Thomasville Furniture. She then joined Gorman’s Furniture Company where she met four other interior designers and they formed the “Design Five” design company based at the Michigan Design Center in Troy, Michigan.
She married John “Jack” Andrews in 2005. They lived on Wing Lake and were members of Oakland Hills Country Club. She is survived by her husband, brother Michael Williamson and several cousins, nephews and nieces in Kansas as well as her husband’s five children and several grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents Lloyd Williamson and Angeline (Lungren) Williamson, her sister Patricia Ryan, and several cousins in Kansas and Florida.
Arrangements for her funeral and burial are being handled by A.J. Desmond & Sons, Royal Oak. She was buried Friday, December 23, in the six generation Andrews family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan. A family and friends memorial service is planned for the Elmwood Cemetery Chapel in May. Donations can be made in the loving memory of Becky Andrews to the First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, 1589 W. Maple Rd., Birmingham, MI 48009. View obituary and share memories at AJDesmond.com
According to Echoes 1960, the Pep Club Cabinet organized meetings, reserved seating sections at games, took attendance at and approved absences from game and meetings. They also chose the new blue uniforms worn by Pep Club members, which they are wearing in the photo. Becky is in the front row, second from right.
In this yearbook photo, Becky is counting votes for the Basketball season royalty. Brenda Benjamin was elected the Peppy Princess in 1960.
Becky had a very endearing personality which so many of us appreciated. Her artistic talent in environmental design seemed like a natural extension of her sense of serenity. Becky had a good sense of place and how people function in designed space. She personally had a graciousness we all recognized. She will be missed.