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Catherine <I>Belcher</I> Evans

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Catherine Belcher Evans

Birth
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Death
18 Feb 2009 (aged 101)
Bethany, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B 17
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Catherine Belcher Evans, 101, died peacefully at home in Bethany, OK, on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. She was born October 28, 1907, and was the wife of the deceased Reverend Frederick A. Evans of New Orleans and Kenner, Louisiana, and the daughter of Major and Mrs. Arthur Belcher of Baton Rouge, LA.

Catherine Evans resided most of her life in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Kenner. She escaped Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and moved from Kenner to live with her son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Shelley Evans, at their home in Bethany.

Catherine Evans, a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, was an accomplished pianist and organist, who also played the violin and xylophone and had a beautiful singing voice.

Catherine Evans is survived by her son, Charles A. Evans her daughters, Ruth E. Evans, Mary Catherine Prudhomme, and Esther E. Crossland her eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are being made by the John M. Ireland Funeral Home in Moore, OK, for funeral and burial services at Roselawn in Baton Rouge, LA.

Published in The Oklahoman on 02/20/2009
Catherine Belcher Evans, 101, died peacefully at home in Bethany, OK, on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. She was born October 28, 1907, and was the wife of the deceased Reverend Frederick A. Evans of New Orleans and Kenner, Louisiana, and the daughter of Major and Mrs. Arthur Belcher of Baton Rouge, LA.

Catherine Evans resided most of her life in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Kenner. She escaped Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and moved from Kenner to live with her son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Shelley Evans, at their home in Bethany.

Catherine Evans, a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, was an accomplished pianist and organist, who also played the violin and xylophone and had a beautiful singing voice.

Catherine Evans is survived by her son, Charles A. Evans her daughters, Ruth E. Evans, Mary Catherine Prudhomme, and Esther E. Crossland her eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are being made by the John M. Ireland Funeral Home in Moore, OK, for funeral and burial services at Roselawn in Baton Rouge, LA.

Published in The Oklahoman on 02/20/2009


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