24/08/2024
Andrew was a lot of special things rolled into one human being. He was talented, witty, smart, open-minded and doggedly hard-working. He could always be counted on, and in that sense, was the bedrock of the Palm Beach Daily News for many years.
Because I was a freelancer, which only entailed brief visits to the offices for editorial board meetings, my relationship with Andrew was that of a very long-term, 30-year, acquaintance. And yet, we were definitely valuable collaborators to each other in the work we did. Many's the time he offered insights and suggestions that made my cartoons better.
He was calm, cool and collected, with a polite and on-point demeanor when people didn't see eye-to-eye on a controversy, including readers who he needed to work with to get letters to the editor in publishable form.
Andrew's editorials were always rock solid, concise, perceptive and had an air of gravitas about them. Editorials are hard to write. And Andrew had a special knack of being able to clearly delineate the newspaper's position every week in a way that piqued the readers' interest early and closed with emphasis and conviction. In addition to everything else he contributed to getting the daily issues out (and that was a lot), he always brought his A-game on Sunday. To say he is missed is an understatement.
My wife, Kayla, and I are very sad to hear of Andrew's passing and our thoughts are with his wife Dana and family.
He is survived by his wife Dana, children Christopher, James, and Amanda, all of Boynton Beach, and his brother Tom (Beth) Davis of Raleigh, N.C.
