Friends and colleagues are remembering longtime Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Gary Blaylock Andrews, 73. He died Saturday at his home in Chickamauga on land his grandparents farmed, where he could gaze north across the horse pasture and see Lookout Mountain.

“This is a really tough blow around here,” Georgia Court of Appeals Clerk Steve E. Castlen said Monday morning. “He was loved around the court. He was known for being absolutely brilliant. And he had an incredible sense of humor.”