Mr. Harold Francis Evans, 100, passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at . Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m., Monday, August 3, 2015, in Oakwood Cemetery with Dr. Mark Luera officiating.
Harold was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Carl Brookfield and Hattie Mae Evans. He was schooled in South Dallas at Silberstein Grammar School and Forest Avenue High School. It was there at Forest where he met Angeline Lankford. They were married in 1936, in the South Dallas Christian Church.
After graduating from high school, he started working at the printing trade at Superior Typesetting Company. After working there for nearly two years, he left to go to work at the Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Company where he joined the union and later became a Linotype operator. He spent nearly 12 years there before leaving in 1948, to go to work at the Dallas Morning News, retiring from the news on December 31, 1976.
He joined the International Typographical Union and has been a member ever since. Recently he was honored by receiving a pin from the union denoting his tenure of 70 years as a union craftsman. In 1945, he became a Master Mason and in 1955, he became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1967, he became a Shriner and in 1968, became a Knight Templar. He became the Most Excellent High Priest of the J. Lee Zumwalt Chapter. He also served as the Thrice Illustrious Master of the Dallas Council. For several years he was a Shrine Clown.
After they both retired, Harold and his wife, moved to Corsicana on April 1, 1978 where they have lived since then. In 1978, they transferred their membership to the First Christian Church in Corsicana. There he became a deacon and later became an elder. Then, after a few years, he was named Elder for Life.
He became interested in writing poetry back in 2001, when he had a compulsion to write one "Lord Walk With Me" that turned out so sad that in some, it evoked tears, but that was a start. His first book, with 127 pages, became an international seller and has been read on three continents. He finished three more books with a fifth in progress. He won an Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the International Library of Poetry in 2004.
Summing up his life are these lines from his poetry:
Travails he faced on paths he trod
They are no more; he walks with God
He was preceded in death by his wife, Angeline Lankford Evans; brothers, Maurice Charles Evans and Carl Lamar Evans; and son-in-law, Donald Allen Woodcock
Survivors include his son, Daniel Harold Evans and wife, Barbara (Beck) Evans; daughter, Alice Dannell (Evans) Woodcock; grandchildren: Daniel Harold Evans, Jr., Pamela Boeve, Jennifer (Evans) Wade and husband, Steve, Dwayne Allen Woodcock and wife, Colleen, Angela (Woodcock) Stephens, Wendy (Woodcock) Byrd and husband, James; 14 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Denise Chaney and Greg Mahon; and numerous other nieces and nephews. P19
Harold was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Carl Brookfield and Hattie Mae Evans. He was schooled in South Dallas at Silberstein Grammar School and Forest Avenue High School. It was there at Forest where he met Angeline Lankford. They were married in 1936, in the South Dallas Christian Church.
After graduating from high school, he started working at the printing trade at Superior Typesetting Company. After working there for nearly two years, he left to go to work at the Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Company where he joined the union and later became a Linotype operator. He spent nearly 12 years there before leaving in 1948, to go to work at the Dallas Morning News, retiring from the news on December 31, 1976.
He joined the International Typographical Union and has been a member ever since. Recently he was honored by receiving a pin from the union denoting his tenure of 70 years as a union craftsman. In 1945, he became a Master Mason and in 1955, he became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1967, he became a Shriner and in 1968, became a Knight Templar. He became the Most Excellent High Priest of the J. Lee Zumwalt Chapter. He also served as the Thrice Illustrious Master of the Dallas Council. For several years he was a Shrine Clown.
After they both retired, Harold and his wife, moved to Corsicana on April 1, 1978 where they have lived since then. In 1978, they transferred their membership to the First Christian Church in Corsicana. There he became a deacon and later became an elder. Then, after a few years, he was named Elder for Life.
He became interested in writing poetry back in 2001, when he had a compulsion to write one "Lord Walk With Me" that turned out so sad that in some, it evoked tears, but that was a start. His first book, with 127 pages, became an international seller and has been read on three continents. He finished three more books with a fifth in progress. He won an Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the International Library of Poetry in 2004.
Summing up his life are these lines from his poetry:
Travails he faced on paths he trod
They are no more; he walks with God
He was preceded in death by his wife, Angeline Lankford Evans; brothers, Maurice Charles Evans and Carl Lamar Evans; and son-in-law, Donald Allen Woodcock
Survivors include his son, Daniel Harold Evans and wife, Barbara (Beck) Evans; daughter, Alice Dannell (Evans) Woodcock; grandchildren: Daniel Harold Evans, Jr., Pamela Boeve, Jennifer (Evans) Wade and husband, Steve, Dwayne Allen Woodcock and wife, Colleen, Angela (Woodcock) Stephens, Wendy (Woodcock) Byrd and husband, James; 14 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Denise Chaney and Greg Mahon; and numerous other nieces and nephews. P19
Mr. Harold Francis Evans, 100, passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at . Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m., Monday, August 3, 2015, in Oakwood Cemetery with Dr. Mark Luera officiating.
Harold was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Carl Brookfield and Hattie Mae Evans. He was schooled in South Dallas at Silberstein Grammar School and Forest Avenue High School. It was there at Forest where he met Angeline Lankford. They were married in 1936, in the South Dallas Christian Church.
After graduating from high school, he started working at the printing trade at Superior Typesetting Company. After working there for nearly two years, he left to go to work at the Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Company where he joined the union and later became a Linotype operator. He spent nearly 12 years there before leaving in 1948, to go to work at the Dallas Morning News, retiring from the news on December 31, 1976.
He joined the International Typographical Union and has been a member ever since. Recently he was honored by receiving a pin from the union denoting his tenure of 70 years as a union craftsman. In 1945, he became a Master Mason and in 1955, he became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1967, he became a Shriner and in 1968, became a Knight Templar. He became the Most Excellent High Priest of the J. Lee Zumwalt Chapter. He also served as the Thrice Illustrious Master of the Dallas Council. For several years he was a Shrine Clown.
After they both retired, Harold and his wife, moved to Corsicana on April 1, 1978 where they have lived since then. In 1978, they transferred their membership to the First Christian Church in Corsicana. There he became a deacon and later became an elder. Then, after a few years, he was named Elder for Life.
He became interested in writing poetry back in 2001, when he had a compulsion to write one "Lord Walk With Me" that turned out so sad that in some, it evoked tears, but that was a start. His first book, with 127 pages, became an international seller and has been read on three continents. He finished three more books with a fifth in progress. He won an Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the International Library of Poetry in 2004.
Summing up his life are these lines from his poetry:
Travails he faced on paths he trod
They are no more; he walks with God
He was preceded in death by his wife, Angeline Lankford Evans; brothers, Maurice Charles Evans and Carl Lamar Evans; and son-in-law, Donald Allen Woodcock
Survivors include his son, Daniel Harold Evans and wife, Barbara (Beck) Evans; daughter, Alice Dannell (Evans) Woodcock; grandchildren: Daniel Harold Evans, Jr., Pamela Boeve, Jennifer (Evans) Wade and husband, Steve, Dwayne Allen Woodcock and wife, Colleen, Angela (Woodcock) Stephens, Wendy (Woodcock) Byrd and husband, James; 14 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Denise Chaney and Greg Mahon; and numerous other nieces and nephews. P19
Harold was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Carl Brookfield and Hattie Mae Evans. He was schooled in South Dallas at Silberstein Grammar School and Forest Avenue High School. It was there at Forest where he met Angeline Lankford. They were married in 1936, in the South Dallas Christian Church.
After graduating from high school, he started working at the printing trade at Superior Typesetting Company. After working there for nearly two years, he left to go to work at the Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Company where he joined the union and later became a Linotype operator. He spent nearly 12 years there before leaving in 1948, to go to work at the Dallas Morning News, retiring from the news on December 31, 1976.
He joined the International Typographical Union and has been a member ever since. Recently he was honored by receiving a pin from the union denoting his tenure of 70 years as a union craftsman. In 1945, he became a Master Mason and in 1955, he became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1967, he became a Shriner and in 1968, became a Knight Templar. He became the Most Excellent High Priest of the J. Lee Zumwalt Chapter. He also served as the Thrice Illustrious Master of the Dallas Council. For several years he was a Shrine Clown.
After they both retired, Harold and his wife, moved to Corsicana on April 1, 1978 where they have lived since then. In 1978, they transferred their membership to the First Christian Church in Corsicana. There he became a deacon and later became an elder. Then, after a few years, he was named Elder for Life.
He became interested in writing poetry back in 2001, when he had a compulsion to write one "Lord Walk With Me" that turned out so sad that in some, it evoked tears, but that was a start. His first book, with 127 pages, became an international seller and has been read on three continents. He finished three more books with a fifth in progress. He won an Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the International Library of Poetry in 2004.
Summing up his life are these lines from his poetry:
Travails he faced on paths he trod
They are no more; he walks with God
He was preceded in death by his wife, Angeline Lankford Evans; brothers, Maurice Charles Evans and Carl Lamar Evans; and son-in-law, Donald Allen Woodcock
Survivors include his son, Daniel Harold Evans and wife, Barbara (Beck) Evans; daughter, Alice Dannell (Evans) Woodcock; grandchildren: Daniel Harold Evans, Jr., Pamela Boeve, Jennifer (Evans) Wade and husband, Steve, Dwayne Allen Woodcock and wife, Colleen, Angela (Woodcock) Stephens, Wendy (Woodcock) Byrd and husband, James; 14 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Denise Chaney and Greg Mahon; and numerous other nieces and nephews. P19
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