PRINCETON — Harry Elmer Evans, 75, of Princeton, died peacefully Sunday evening, February 1, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born July 8, 1933, in Marion, Virginia, he was the son of the late James E. Evans and Ida Pearl Clark Evans.Elmer was a graduate of Welch High School and a veteran of the Korean conflict serving with the U.S. Navy.He was a retired supervisor for Elgin Savage Company in Elgin, Ill. Upon his retirement, he moved to Princeton in 1994. He attended the Pentecostal Revival Center in Princeton. He was an avid wood worker and enjoyed sports of all kinds.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret A. Rotenberry Evans, and three siblings, Ruth Maxine Piercy, Stella Beckett and William E. Evans.Survivors: His son and wife, Jim and Carol Evans of Princeton; stepchildren, Jeff Miller of Daytona Beach, Fla., Terri Uhland of Manahawkin, New Jersey; four grandchildren, David, Lydia, Isabella and Amanda; aunt, Maude Luhn of Mt. Airy, N.C.; sister in law, Jackie Evans of Princeton; his nephew and two nieces, Bill Evans Jr., LeAnn Croy and Deborah Whitcomb.Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 4, 2009 from the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton with Dr. David Dockery and Pastor Roger Walker officiating. Entombment will follow in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluewell.Friends may call Wednesday from noon until the service hour.Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.Online condolence are welcomed, via www.memorialfd.comThe Evans family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.
Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph from 2/3/2009 - 2/4/2009
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