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Well-Known Retired Physician Dies After Brief Illness
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
A popular retired Tampa physician died following a brief illness on Friday. Dr. William W. Andrews was 84-years-old.
A Tampa native, Dr. An- drews was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Blythe (Johnna) Andrews, and the brother of the late Mr. C. Blythe Andrews, Jr.
He attended the public schools of Hillsborough County, and graduated from Middleton High School in 1947, at the age of 16.
Breaking the color barrier would become an accomplish- ment Dr. Andrews would obtain more than once in his lifetime. As teenagers, Dr. Andrews and his brother, the late C. Blythe Andrews, Jr., became the first African Amer- icans to earn the Eagle Scout designation.
Dr. Andrews recalled that time during his retire- ment interview in 2012. “My brother and I were the first two Eagle Scouts for the Gulf Coast Ridge Council in 1944.
“He was the first because he was older and had more badges, but we were chosen at the same time.”
Dr. Andrews continued his education at Talladega Col- lege, in Talladega, Alabama. During his tenure at Talladega, he met future wife, Mrs. Nancy Butler Andrews. The couple celebrated more than 65 years of marriage. They are the parents of 4
DR. W. W. ANDREWS 2/11/1931 to 11/13/2015
the property, he demolished the structure and built his of- fice.
Dr. Andrews continued to practice from that location until his retirement in Septem- ber 2012. He had practiced medicine for nearly 50 years at the time of his retirement.
Dr. Andrews began his practice during the era of se- gregation. At that time, African American physicians in Tampa were limited to prac- tice at Clara Frye Hospital in West Tampa, and the Lily White Hospital in East Tampa.
Dr. Andrews accom- plished another “first” when segregation ended and he be- came the first African Ameri- can physician to practice at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. He also became one of less than ten board certified African Americans in the state.
He was also the first African American to serve as the Chairman of the Tampa Sports Authority.
For several years, Dr. An-
drews served on the Board of Trustees at Meharry Medical School. He was also chosen as the “Alumnus of the Year” for that institution.
An avid golfer, Dr. An- drews was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and a member of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church.
He has served as the for- mer president of the Allied Medical Society, Tampa Branch of Florida Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society. After integration, the organization later changed its name to the Bay Area Medical Association. He was also a member of several profes- sional organizations.
Dr. Andrews is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy An- drews, his daughters, grand- children, and several other family members and friends.
Funeral services for Dr. Andrews will be held on Sat- urday, November 21st. Wilson’s Funeral Home is in charge of handling arrangements.
daughters and 6 grandchil- dren.
After earning his B. A. de- gree in Biology from Tal- ladega, Dr. Andrews continued his education at Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine and gradu- ated in 1955.
He then served in the United States Air Force as a Captain for two years. He then completed his internship and residency at several hospitals including Meharry Medical School, Hubbard Hospital, in Nashville, Tennessee, and Ed- ward Hines Jr., VA Hospital, in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Andrews returned to Tampa and launched his medi- cal practice in 1964. His office was located on property at
3105 N. 22nd Street, owned by his father.
Dr. Andrews worked from that location his entire career. After several years of using a house as his office on
Portrait Of Senator To Be Unveiled At FAMU
On Friday, November 20th, the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, College of Law, will host an Inaugural Portrait Unveiling of Senator Arthenia Joyner. The ceremony will take place at the College of Law Atrium, 201 Beggs Avenue, in Orlando, Florida, at 4 p.m.
When contacted by the Sentinel, Senator Joyner said, “I am proud to have been part of that legacy, and to be honored with my portrait being hung here, at the law school’s new campus in Orlando.
SENATOR ARTHENIA JOYNER
She went on to say that the first class was admitted into FAMU’s College of Law in 1951 under the “separate but equal” doc- trine. “But just 17 years later, the state legislature refused to con- tinue funding FAMU’s law school, yet continued to steer money to a new law school at Florida State University, which had opened in 1966.
“I was part of that last class at FAMU College of Law. As we took our final exams, I watched as those doors finally closed and our books were removed from the stacks and trans- ferred to FSU’s law school. And I vowed then that not only would my alma mater reopen one day, but that these doors would never again close on my watch.”
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