VIRGINIA EVANS

LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA-Services for Virginia Boyd Evans, 92, Lawrenceville, Georgia, formerly of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Vicki Crooks will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Evans died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at her home. She was born August 26, 1916 at Robinson, Illinois to Harry L. and Bernice M. Rhodes Boyd. She came to this area in 1929 from Robinson, Illinois. She attended Vanoss school and graduated from Horace Mann High School in Ada. She received a Bachelor of Art's degree in Education and a Master's Degree from East Central State College.

She married Clyde J. "Hank" Evans on November 9, 1940. He died November 3, 1994 in Ada. Mrs. Evans taught elementary and Jr. High and High School English, retiring after 36 years of service. She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church in Ada, where she was a member of the Wimodausis Guild, the CWF, and had served on many committees. She also taught the Dorcas Sunday school class.

Survivors include two sons, Daniel B. Evans and wife Shirley Jean, Corpus Christi, Texas, and James C. Evans and wife Lou Anne, Lawrenceville, Georgia; a sister, Udene Cummings, Plano, Texas; a brother, Harry L. Boyd, Purcell; four grandsons, Eric C. Evans, Corpus Christi, Texas, Jamie B. Evans, Loganville, Georgia, Matthew D. Evans, Winder, Georgia, and Blair M. Evans, Barnwell, South Carolina; and four great grandchildren.

Bearers will be her grandsons, Jamie B. Evans, Matthew D. Evans, Blair M. Evans, Eric C. Evans, and her nephews, Boyd Cummings, Steve Boyd, and Chris Boyd.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the American Heart Association, Oklahoma Affiliate, Inc. 3545 NW 58th Street, Ste. 400 C, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada