March 10 1929

Mrs. Evans, 75 Dies at Hamby

Funeral Rites Today For Resident of Community 29 Years

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Evans, 75, resident of Hamby for 29 years, who died at her home Saturday at noon, will be laid to rest here this afternoon beside the grave of her husband, J. T. Evans, who died in June, 1923. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 o'clock at the graveside in the Odd Fellows cemetery, by Rev. Hamp Richards of Rule and Rev. E. C. Maurin of Wingate.

Six grandsons of Mrs. Evans are to be pallbearers. They are Clyde and J.P. Hay, Jack and Lewis Corder and Joe and Bill Evans.

Honorary pallbearers are to be Messrs. Collins, Humphreys, S. S. Scharmick, T.C. Richardson, Frank Martin and Charles Wilson, all of Hamby.

Mrs. Evans' death followed an illness of several months. Born in Tennessee she moved to Hamby from Collin county in 1900, after having lived in Collin for 30 years. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

Surviving Mrs. Evans are two sons, Tom and Joe Evans of Hamby, and six daughters. Mrs. R. M. corder of Lueders, Mrs. A. J. Corder of Abilene, Mrs. M.L. Hay of Merkel, Mrs. W.B. Benton of Brownsfield, Mrs. N.H. Mitchell and Mrs. M.A. Moore of Hamby.
 

