Marjorie Mae (Horner) Andrews, 100, horticulturist and Enid OK resident since 1936, died February 16, 2011, at the Sterling House assisted living facility in Enid of congestive heart failure. She was born on April 16, 1910, in a Wichita KS hospital to Clarence and Iva Marston Horner, homesteaders near Lamont OK. She grew up on farms near Lamont and Oakwood OK, graduating from Oakwood High School in 1929. She attended what is now Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford OK, where she received her teacher's credentials. She taught in a rural elementary school.
She and Cecil Peral Andrews were married in 1931 and moved to Enid in 1936. She was a charter member and past president of several regional garden clubs, including those devoted to roses, gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and irises, as well as the Enid Council of Garden Clubs. She was a multiple winner in flower shows and served as a judge in others. Mrs. Andrews was supervisor of the Enid State School greenhouses and grounds from 1955 until her retirement in 1976. While there, she was an organizer and first president of the employees union. In retirement, she took up oil painting and completed dozens of oil painting, mainly of flowers and flower arrangements.
Mrs. Andrews had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Enid since 1936 and had served as an Elder. She was a life member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers. She was honored by the Marjorie Horner Andrews Graduate Scholarship Award in the OSU Department of Horticulture and Landscaping Graduate Studies program.
Mrs. Andrews has one son, Milton Andrews and wife Pat, and their daughter Heather Andrews, who lives near Washington, DC; grandchildren Eric Reed of Edmond OK, Phillip Reed of Norman OK, Kay Reed Shaughnessy and husband Jim of Enid; and great-grandchildren Jake and Aine Shaughnessy. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil Andrews in 1974 and daughter Yvonne Andrews Reed in 1988.
Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home, Enid OK
She and Cecil Peral Andrews were married in 1931 and moved to Enid in 1936. She was a charter member and past president of several regional garden clubs, including those devoted to roses, gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and irises, as well as the Enid Council of Garden Clubs. She was a multiple winner in flower shows and served as a judge in others. Mrs. Andrews was supervisor of the Enid State School greenhouses and grounds from 1955 until her retirement in 1976. While there, she was an organizer and first president of the employees union. In retirement, she took up oil painting and completed dozens of oil painting, mainly of flowers and flower arrangements.
Mrs. Andrews had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Enid since 1936 and had served as an Elder. She was a life member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers. She was honored by the Marjorie Horner Andrews Graduate Scholarship Award in the OSU Department of Horticulture and Landscaping Graduate Studies program.
Mrs. Andrews has one son, Milton Andrews and wife Pat, and their daughter Heather Andrews, who lives near Washington, DC; grandchildren Eric Reed of Edmond OK, Phillip Reed of Norman OK, Kay Reed Shaughnessy and husband Jim of Enid; and great-grandchildren Jake and Aine Shaughnessy. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil Andrews in 1974 and daughter Yvonne Andrews Reed in 1988.
Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home, Enid OK
Marjorie Mae (Horner) Andrews, 100, horticulturist and Enid OK resident since 1936, died February 16, 2011, at the Sterling House assisted living facility in Enid of congestive heart failure. She was born on April 16, 1910, in a Wichita KS hospital to Clarence and Iva Marston Horner, homesteaders near Lamont OK. She grew up on farms near Lamont and Oakwood OK, graduating from Oakwood High School in 1929. She attended what is now Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford OK, where she received her teacher's credentials. She taught in a rural elementary school.
She and Cecil Peral Andrews were married in 1931 and moved to Enid in 1936. She was a charter member and past president of several regional garden clubs, including those devoted to roses, gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and irises, as well as the Enid Council of Garden Clubs. She was a multiple winner in flower shows and served as a judge in others. Mrs. Andrews was supervisor of the Enid State School greenhouses and grounds from 1955 until her retirement in 1976. While there, she was an organizer and first president of the employees union. In retirement, she took up oil painting and completed dozens of oil painting, mainly of flowers and flower arrangements.
Mrs. Andrews had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Enid since 1936 and had served as an Elder. She was a life member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers. She was honored by the Marjorie Horner Andrews Graduate Scholarship Award in the OSU Department of Horticulture and Landscaping Graduate Studies program.
Mrs. Andrews has one son, Milton Andrews and wife Pat, and their daughter Heather Andrews, who lives near Washington, DC; grandchildren Eric Reed of Edmond OK, Phillip Reed of Norman OK, Kay Reed Shaughnessy and husband Jim of Enid; and great-grandchildren Jake and Aine Shaughnessy. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil Andrews in 1974 and daughter Yvonne Andrews Reed in 1988.
Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home, Enid OK
She and Cecil Peral Andrews were married in 1931 and moved to Enid in 1936. She was a charter member and past president of several regional garden clubs, including those devoted to roses, gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and irises, as well as the Enid Council of Garden Clubs. She was a multiple winner in flower shows and served as a judge in others. Mrs. Andrews was supervisor of the Enid State School greenhouses and grounds from 1955 until her retirement in 1976. While there, she was an organizer and first president of the employees union. In retirement, she took up oil painting and completed dozens of oil painting, mainly of flowers and flower arrangements.
Mrs. Andrews had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Enid since 1936 and had served as an Elder. She was a life member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers. She was honored by the Marjorie Horner Andrews Graduate Scholarship Award in the OSU Department of Horticulture and Landscaping Graduate Studies program.
Mrs. Andrews has one son, Milton Andrews and wife Pat, and their daughter Heather Andrews, who lives near Washington, DC; grandchildren Eric Reed of Edmond OK, Phillip Reed of Norman OK, Kay Reed Shaughnessy and husband Jim of Enid; and great-grandchildren Jake and Aine Shaughnessy. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil Andrews in 1974 and daughter Yvonne Andrews Reed in 1988.
Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home, Enid OK
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