Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, March 25th @
2:00 pm
Unity Church
at the corner of Hargett and Person Streets in
downtown Raleigh
click here for directions
following the
service there will be a traditional Irish wake at Tir Na nOg around 3:00 pm
Read more about Andrew's life here.
A note from our friend Annie Nice on the loss of
her son Andrew.
Dear Friends
This is the worst
news I will ever have to break to anyone my darling lovely
wonderful son Andrew {Britton} was found Dead at his
apartment today. No ruling yet on what went wrong in his life. I
know stress was killing him for about a year now. and he
complained constantly with pains in his chest. My heart is very
broken my life will never be the same. But I wanted to share
this news with you all myself.
As I know no other
way of letting you all know How I feel and what has happened. My
brother is flying in from Ireland and We will have a service
here then take him home to be laid to rest all stress GONE
forever and he will sleep in peace along with his grandfather
who loved him dearly and was always very very proud of him they
were kindred spirits. Andrew had just hit the Best sellers list
with his 2nd novel The Assassin. his 3rd book Brilliantly well
written was released last week. He was the best son any Mother
could ever have ask for . Kind, quiet, and very good natured.
Add that to smart handsome, funny and a very proud Irishman. A
wonderful writer with a great future ahead of him. We thank God
for giving us this wonderful gift for the past 27 years. A life
he shared, not just with us his family but because of his
writing a gift he shared with millions around the world. His
company will always be missed the witty sharp funny comments
that he made.
The presence he had
when he entered a room, the feeling of having been the center of
his attention that he left you with. I cried So much today. Now
strangely I feel this peace over me. Andrew and I shared So much
in common the writing, the books, that was our bond. I had the
same writing aspirations when I was younger than him. He took
that dream and made it real not just for him but for me. He knew
how very proud I was and we talked for over an hour last Friday
night. We laughed about St Patrick's Day in America, and the
corn beef. we discussed his books. his life. we made plans for
us all to go to Ireland this year for my brothers birthday. He
Loved us all very much loved and we all loved back. He was never
to big to manly to grab me and say I love you. He often sent me
a text to say that and I will keep those messages on my phone
forever if I can so I can listen to him say it over and over. I
know he knew how much we all cared and loved him. And we always
will.
One of my greatest
prides in this life was the special bound my 3 children had. Not
just family but very best friends that hung out together. Him
and Chris went from sharing bunk beds and then on as adults to
living no further than 2 miles apart always. I will have a very
tough time consoling them all. But I am going to do this the way
Andrew would have wanted me to, the way He would have done it
for me had I gone before him. He would want me to sit down and
write it all out. Share it so as you all know.
He will never leave me. I just got to keep that physical Andrew
for those years we all got to see him share him and know him.
Now he is gone on over to wait for us to join him.
Please keep him in your prayers. He leaves behind a very very
heart broken Family. Myself. His step Father Graham. His friend
& sister. Roxanne and his Brother his very best friend Chris. &
Chris's Girlfriend Erica who was always of much help to him in
his writing .. And his much loved girlfriend Valerie. The family
in Ireland his heartbroken Uncle Eugene, Aunts Geraldine and
Yonne His grandmother Eunice to whom he dedicated his latest
novel.
Aunt Madeline and his first cousins Yasmin, Leah, Marc, and
Colleen. and the hundreds of ex tented relatives that he was
always so surprised he had, so much so he would laugh about it
and ask was the whole village related.
Death notice and service times will be posted in the Raleigh
Chronicle on Line.
I will fly home with Andrews ashes to lay him to rest in
Camlough Co Armagh Ireland, In the valleys of South Armagh as he
loved it there. And I will stay there a while until I can get my
heart to start pumping blood again. I will stay in touch with
email.
I am going to decide where we can make a donation to on Andrews
behalf it will be a literacy program or for travel for young
kids and young adults that have a desire to expand their minds
travel learn and mostly to read. He and I totally believed and
understood the power of the written word. I thank you for
reading this for letting me share and pouring out my heart to
you . I know you all care and I thank you for that to.
Sincerely.
Annie Nice
