Andrew Orlando Pridgen was born on May 24, 2001 in Tarzana, CA to Crystal Hall and Orlando Pridgen. He grew up in Las Vegas, NV after moving from California at the age of four. Andrew attended Bozarth Elementary, Escobedo Middle School, and Centennial Senior High School.
As a young boy he fell in love with football and continued to play throughout high school. He was a star player from the beginning. Playing both sides of the ball; you could not tell if he was a better defensive player or a better offensive player.
Andrew has always been an outgoing and vibrant young man. He had a way of making every single person feel completely loved by him. He never met a stranger. He was like fire, his energy was so profound that people who barely knew him, could feel him. When you did finally become his energy match, like fire does, the relationship just grew and grew and grew.
To paraphrase one of Andrew’s friends: a “most special” person has passed. His uniqueness cannot be explained you would have to witness it.
In Andrew’s quest to find his calling, he pursued many hobbies: photography, modeling, fashion design and music. Ultimately sales became his passion. Andrew’s zeal for his new career fueled his determination to become the best in his profession. He studied endlessly every night and tried to perfect his craft daily. He would call home after every sell with such excitement! He had a goal and he was determined to meet it by the end of the summer. Within a few weeks of his new venture, those who encountered him saw great potential and marveled at how quickly he was progressing. Andrew had found his path and was faithfully pursuing it.
Andrew will always be loved and remembered for his vibrant energy and how he loved others.
His memory will live on through his parents Orlando Pridgen and Crystal Hall; his sisters Denise, Taylor, and Kennedi, his brother Kameron; his grandparents Tina and Armando Martinez (Las Vegas); Gwendolyn and Alvin Marks (California); great-grandmother Mattie Cressey (North Carolina); great-grandparents Lawrence and Doris Phillips (North Carolina); aunts Tamela (Timothy) Dennis (California) Stefanie (Roger) Summers (Washington State); Quiana Pridgen (California); uncles Anthony McDaniel (California); Louis Altobelli (D.C.) nephew Karter Moore; first cousins Tyler Dennis, Maverick Elich, and Trent McDaniel; and a host of relatives and friends.
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