Andrews has made many successful decisions in his life

  • Al and Nancy Andrews at a Braves game recently with grandsons Cooper (left) and Rowdy. CONTRIBUTED
    Al and Nancy Andrews at a Braves game recently with grandsons Cooper (left) and Rowdy. CONTRIBUTED
  • Andrews (second from left) with Builders for Christ crew working on new cowboy church in Tennessee. CONTRIBUTED
    Andrews (second from left) with Builders for Christ crew working on new cowboy church in Tennessee. CONTRIBUTED

    Al Andrews has been successful in life, and one reason has been his willingness to take chances.

    Andrews, approaching 74, is a professional — and successful — engineer and former 20-year Jones County commissioner. Both of those distinctions came as a result of calculated risks he took as a relatively young man.

    Another ‘calculated risk’ Andrews took — while still in high school — was the opportunity…