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Gertrude Lillian <I>Garris</I> Evans

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Gertrude Lillian Garris Evans

Birth
Death
6 Mar 2017 (aged 93)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Gertrude Lillian Garris Evans N. CHARLESTON - Mrs. Gertrude Lillian Garris Evans, 93, of North Charleston, SC, entered into Eternal Rest on March 6, 2017.

A funeral service in her honor will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints off of Antler Drive, North Charleston, on March 10, 2017 at 11:00am.

The family will receive friends the evening of March 9, 2017, from 6-8pm at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home.

Mrs. Evans was known to be a strong matriarch to her family, who honored and loved her dearly. She was very active in her church, where she taught Youth Sunday School for 21 years. She was also a proud member of the Charleston Garden Club, as well as the Women's Auxiliary of the Exchange Club.

She was a resident of North Charleston for most of her life, and loved the Park Circle area where she lived. The love of her family and her church meant the most to her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas M. Evans, Sr., and her son, Richard Larry "Smokey" Evans.

Left behind to cherish her memory are her children; two sons, Thomas M. Evans, Jr., (Evelyn) and Alvie R. Evans (Ruthie); a daughter, Olivia Evans McClure (Kenneth); a daughter-in-law, Paula Evans (Smokey); 14 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

Suggested edit: Birth date:
11 February 1924
Walterboro, South Carolina
Contributor: Ruth Evans (47882220) • [email protected])

Arrangements are entrusted to Carolina Memorial Park, Funerals, and Cremations, 7113 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston SC 29406.

Published in Charleston Post & Courier on Mar. 8, 2017
Gertrude Lillian Garris Evans N. CHARLESTON - Mrs. Gertrude Lillian Garris Evans, 93, of North Charleston, SC, entered into Eternal Rest on March 6, 2017.

A funeral service in her honor will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints off of Antler Drive, North Charleston, on March 10, 2017 at 11:00am.

The family will receive friends the evening of March 9, 2017, from 6-8pm at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home.

Mrs. Evans was known to be a strong matriarch to her family, who honored and loved her dearly. She was very active in her church, where she taught Youth Sunday School for 21 years. She was also a proud member of the Charleston Garden Club, as well as the Women's Auxiliary of the Exchange Club.

She was a resident of North Charleston for most of her life, and loved the Park Circle area where she lived. The love of her family and her church meant the most to her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas M. Evans, Sr., and her son, Richard Larry "Smokey" Evans.

Left behind to cherish her memory are her children; two sons, Thomas M. Evans, Jr., (Evelyn) and Alvie R. Evans (Ruthie); a daughter, Olivia Evans McClure (Kenneth); a daughter-in-law, Paula Evans (Smokey); 14 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

Suggested edit: Birth date:
11 February 1924
Walterboro, South Carolina
Contributor: Ruth Evans (47882220) • [email protected])

Arrangements are entrusted to Carolina Memorial Park, Funerals, and Cremations, 7113 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston SC 29406.

Published in Charleston Post & Courier on Mar. 8, 2017


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