Tributes
Leave a tributeMiss you bud.
I remember taking a bite of your burger, then pretending it came that way and watching the look on your face. I wish I had a picture, your face was priceless! I miss laughing with you so hard we both hit the ground rolling. I miss spending time watching you and Alycia lean into each other with love and road trips so we could all be together. I know we’re all grieving in our own way. I hope at the very least, we all find peace in your memory.
I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY I HOPE YOU ARE AT PEACE AND I AM WISHING SO MUCH I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN THE AFTERLIFE. YOUR DEATH AS TRAGIC AS IT WAS BRINGS ME SOME PEACE AS TOO HOW MUCH YOU WERE SUFFERING BEFORE YOUR DEMISE. BREANN MISSES YOU SO MUCH AND I GUARANTEE YOU SHE ALWAYS IS THINKING OF YOU. YOUR DAUGHTER ALSO IS IN GREAT PAIN BUT AS TIME PROGRESSES SHE WILL COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR ACTIONS THAT LEAD TO THIS.... BE SAFE AND COME VISIT ME ONCE IN A WHILE OK MY SON....I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN M Y HEART.... YOUR DAD ALWAYS......
ALWAYS AND FOREVER,
YOUR FATHER.
YOUT FATHER GABRIEL
GABRIEL
I need to write this note today. I want to let you know how much you meant to me and how much you are truly missed. It's been one year since you died. Thoughts of how you died still haunt me. There are so many questions still unanswered. My prayer has been that you did not know you were dying and that your death was peaceful. Marissa is finally moving forward with her life. It has been difficult to watch her navigate life without you, but I know you would be proud of her progress. She bought a house near Lehigh University and has moved into it. I know this was you guys future plan and to see her carry it out without you is a little heart breaking, but it also makes me proud in that she is able to do this. We bought a new battery for your car and actually got it started and out of the garage. It looks exactly as you left it. When I look at it I remember things, things that make me smile. things that I miss. I think my favorite story about it is when you were driving it along HWY 190 and it caught on fire. I remember how you loved to cook. I remember what a hard worker you were. I remember your goofy smile and how clumsy you were. I remember your senior year prank with the church bus. That was epic. You were a good son, a good father, a good man. I can say I was blessed that you considered me your second mom.
Love you always,
Your second mom.
Still we did the same as we do each Easter. Church. Dinner. Kids Easter egg hunt. All the same, yet different. Love and miss you, Andrew.
I just heard the news from Jake Mchugh a couple of days ago. I brought up one of our stories from high school and he mentioned seeing a post that you had cashed in your chips. I am not on Facebook so i don't get a lot of the information that gets shared through Facebook. I am not going to apologize for not having a Facebook, because of you I will get one! What i will apologize for is not making it to your funeral. I'm sorry. I missed the opportunity to pay my respects as one brother should to another. When Jake told me you passed I was in disbelief. Then I was mad and I toasted to you.Then I got sad and thought of the times we shared together. Here I am now searching for answers for understanding of the unattainable.
Those who know you, miss you. Those who don't, missed out. Those who love you are missing something close. Your time you have spent with your family and I can never be replaced. From kicking it with Adam T, George T, Nino T, Jarrod H, James C.(even though you fought him). Cruising around in your Monte Carlo with the music blasting. Shooting the shit, drinking beer, talking about woman, and always laughing about life. Good times brother.
I cannot start to fathom the amount of strain and heartache your family has gone through so far. You have my deepest condolences for the perpetual sorrow that has been caused by your physical disappearance. You will be missed my friend.
Marrissa, I am so sorry for your loss. I know y'all meant the world to each other. I always use to think of y'all as the jealous couple. Not only was I jealous of your everlasting relationship, but so was everyone else. To just be with someone through the thick and thin, with so much love and joy that protruded when you two were together. It is what every person truly wants. You and Alycia are very blessed to have such a great person in your life. For immediate family, if he was just as great as a friend as a son, brother, grandson, uncle...etc..then I know y'all are pained. There are not enough words that I could share to fix the hurt.
I know your days are brighter now Andrew. Tell my father SGM Gregory Burris 11/30/2015 and grandmother Anna Burris 03/08/2017, I said "hello" and I will catch up with y'all down the road. For now shine down on your family.
John 8:12 (12) When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Your Brother and your friend,
Mark Burris
I never met you but I know your father extremely well and if you are anything like him watch out afterlife cause son you just don't know how much your dad loved you and how proud he was of you. Out on mission he would brag about you and your sisters and I would think to myself what luck group of kids to have a father who adores them so much and now your are gone. It has left a hole in his heart and for him that has never happened that I know of. All the stories you may have heard about your dad are true and he is probably the craziest, bravest and fearless man I have ever had the privilege of hunting down the enemy with. You rest easy Andrew and always remember that you are loved and remembered on so many levels.... RIP Andrew.... MAXX.....
As I read the tributes spread through out I can't help but feel a little closer to you. I get to see how many lives you have touched, the beautiful family you have created and the adventures you have had with your friends. My biggest regret was not coming into each other's lives sooner. My heart aches. You and Breann have been in my heart since I can remember and you will continue to always have a place. I will never forget our first words and the things you said that I needed to hear will forever be taken to heart.
I know you will make sure Alycia and the rest of your family knows your presence whenever you make possible. I hope they know how much you love them all and how proud you are of your baby girl and beautiful sister. I am so saddened we will never meet face to face but I know you will always be with me in spirit. ❤️
Rest in Peace Andrew. I love you.
~Amanda
I want you to know you’re in my thoughts and prayers almost daily. I know there is nothing that anyone can say or do to make the pain in your heart lessen but I want you to know how much people enjoyed being around Andrew. When his name comes up in conversations it is always with fondness and a smile.
I smile to myself when I think back during the time he had long hair and I kept telling him to cut it…..he would just smile, comb his fingers through it and say….no way….it’s the style….lol I would just laugh and say, yeah, yeah…. How surprised I was when he finally did cut it and he came to my office to show me. I made sure to let him know how handsome he was….he said he needed to show a more professional look as he was wanting to move up in his career. We talked about him going back to school, his family, etc…
I hope by me sharing my memories that it does not cause you pain but rather makes your heart warm knowing that he brought smiles to people around him and that he is in our memories. I will always think of him fondly and with admiration for the young man he was.
If there is ever a time that I can do something for you, please let me know.
Sending GODs blessings to you and your family.
Hugs,
Sherry
Leave a Tribute
Please be patient.
Pledge furniture polish is not for floors
This story is from my mom, Nancy Satterfield
Andrew learned the hard way, literally, that I did not know how to clean hardwood floors. We had just installed oak flooring in our hallway. I decided it wasn't shiny enough after the first time I cleaned it, so I used pledge furniture polish on the head of the dust mop and went over it several times until it was nice and shiny. Well, what I didn't even think about is that the wood flooring butted right up to the ceramic tile in the entryway and out of habit I used the same dust mop on it. Andrew and Marissa had stopped for dinner and he was carrying in a tray of large soda's from Burger King. All I heard was a loud crash and loud cussing. He was really good natured about the whole thing and after awhile we could laugh about it. Both times. You see, I realized getting pledge on the ceramic tile was a bad idea, but it never occurred to me the same thing would happen from stepping from the ceramic tile onto wood that had been "pledged". It did. Andrew always used to come flying in to see Marissa. Let's just say I cured him of that. This memory has put a smile on my face.
MY SON
ANDREW IS MY SON VERY SPECIAL THING TO BE A FATHER WATCHING KIDS GROW, BE SPIRITED, MISCHIEVOUS, SMART,CARING, ATHLETIC,TENDER HE WAS ALL OF THAT AND MORE. I SPOKE AND EMAILED WITH HIM DAILY AND HE WAS ALWAYS UBEAT AND EXCITED IN HIS WORK HE WAS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN. I SPOKE TO HIM LAST ON MAY 1 2016 3 DAYS BEFORE HIS PASSING I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE JUST ONE MORE CONVERSATION WITH HIM IF I KNEW THE THINGS I KNOW NOW. IT'S SO VERY RAW AND YOUNG INTO HIS PASSING AND I MISS HIM SO MUCH I WANT TO HUG HIM SO MUCH AND SHOW HIM HOW MUCH HE IS LOVED AND CARED FOR AND HOW PROUD I AM OF HIM AND ALL HE HAS DONE UP UNTIL THAT TRAGIC DAY....HIS SISTER MOURNS HIS LOSS DAILY AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BLESS HER HEART SHE ALSO IS MY EVERYTHING. MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE PAULA CRIES AT THE THOUGHT OF NEVER SEING HIM AGAIN IN THIS LIFE SHE IS THE BEST. ANDREW WE ALL MISS AND LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW REACH OUT OCCASSIONALLY AND LET US KNOW YOU ARE DOING OK AND NEVER FORGET ABOUT US AS WE WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOU MY LITTLE BOY, MY BEAUTIFUL MAN...
LOVE ALWAYS YOUR FATHER .
GABRIEL