Andie Gale Stracener

Andie Gale Stracener passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017. A celebration of life service followed by visitation will be held Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 2 pm at Longview Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Nathan Rogers officiating.
Andie was born September 9, 1941 in Gilmer, TX to Clyde and Lurline Stracener. After spending his early years roaming the oil fields of North America and Venezuela with his family, he returned to Gilmer to finish high school. He then joined the Navy serving on the USS Enterprise for 4 years. He worked at Texas Eastman for 32 years, retired, but later went back for 8 more years to teach their new recruits. He married Ruth Elaine Andrews on July 30, 1966. During their 50 years of marriage, they travelled extensively to every state in the union except Hawaii, and all of Canada, with the exception of one province. Andie & Elaine are members of Longview Missionary Baptist Church and ask that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Andie's name be made to the church's youth ministry.
Andie is survived by his wife, Elaine Stracener, their daughter Kimberly Martin and her husband Matt Martin and their children Noah, Zoe, and Jordan Gilbert and her husband Andrew. He is also survived by his mother, Lurline Johnson and sister Angie Heath and her husband George.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer.