A native of Michigan, Andy came to Christ at age 22. He moved to the area to take an engineering position with General Electric, where he met his wife Vanessa. Andy and Vanessa have two adult children, Jordan and Amy, and have been members of Salem Baptist since 2001. Andy has served in many roles including deacon and teacher. He has been an elder since 2017.

Now retired from GE, Andy continues to enjoy restoring and operating vintage railway equipment with the Roanoke chapter of the historical society and playing baritone horn in the community band.