A SERVICE celebrating the life of popular travel blogger Andy Carrie, who was tragically killed in a crash in Musgrave on Saturday night, will be held at Glenridge Church from 2pm to 4pm next Tuesday, 13 December.
The Carrie family, moved by the incredible amount of heartfelt tributes on social media, decided to honour Andy in a way his “full life deserved to be rejoiced and celebrated in true Andy style. We’d love you to join us as we honour the amazing legacy that he’s left us with.”
“For Andrew’s friends far and wide who are unable to come through, our amazing friends at Tomfoolery are organising a live feed for you to be with all of us. We will update these details with the link, so keep posted. We love you all, and cannot tell you how much we appreciate all the words and memories flooding through. It’s been incredible,” the Carrie family posted on the Andy Carrie Celebration Service facebook page.
The public has also been challenged to share a post on social media showing how they intend to carry on Andy’s legacy of living life to the fullest – by using the hashtag, #livelikeandy.
The Dohop Christmas Calendar Giveaway https://t.co/Vuq296Ir9I via @dohoptravel #livelikeAndy he was so inspired by this place! Do it!
— Clayton Barker (@ClaytonBarker) December 6, 2016
We've made a #LiveLikeAndy @AndyCarrie group on Facebook if you'd like to join and post your pictures ???? https://t.co/fAcCSkHQol
— Gi Jane (@gijane_zn) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/KathRaykath/status/805796156949327872
A close friend and social media personality, Jane Kilian (Gi Jane), said the community had lost one of the best.
“He was one of the best people, best friend, best photographer and videographer. He had just started vlogging and we were all in awe at how good he was. Whatever he would try he just nailed it.
“Seeing the world through Andy’s eyes was almost better than you going and experiencing it yourself, because how could you ever capture it as well or do it as much justice? His creative eye was incomparable. I find myself constantly going back to his Instagram and even trying to look for his snapchats. It was such a big part of daily life. Wake up, make tea, load his snapchat with a handful of local favourites and watch the adventures of Andy Carrie,” she said.
Kilian said Andy’s death had left a huge void in the lives he’d touched. “I still remember the day I met this lanky 18 year old at my parent’s house. My brother had been friends with him for a few years but now that he was driving, he was at our house, a lot, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Even that day he was full of life and vibrant and would not stop talking. Knowing him was an honour and such a privilege. The whole community will be mourning him for years to come,” she said.
Kilian said Andy was such a big part of the Durban Social Media community. “We are much smaller than the other cities, so we are all so close to each other. It wasn’t the same being at an event when Andy wasn’t there. He had this light in his eyes that was a mix of passion and mischief. We loved the mischief!
“I’ve never seen someone so loved on social media as I have with all of these tributes coming in. It eases the pain a little knowing just how many lives he touched.
I feel like everyone is less bright. Less sparkly and less of themselves with him gone,” she added.
Andy Carrie was on his motorbike when he was involved in a collision on Stephen Dlamini (Essenwood) Road in Musgrave on Saturday evening. A driver of one of the vehicles was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless and negligent driving.
Watch one of the last vlogs shared by Andy on his YouTube account.
