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Submitted: 10/13/21 • Approved: 10/13/21 • Last Updated: 10/16/21 • R462898-G462897-S3
December 4, 1914-March 23, 1970
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Rites Held at Wheeler for Mrs. Forace Evans
Mrs. Forace Evans, 55, died Monday, March 23, in Highland General Hospital, Pampa, after a long illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans had lived here about four years, coming after most of his work with the Texas Highway Department was in this area. They continued to maintain a home in Allison, however, where they had lived since their marriage.
Mrs. Evans was the former Newasa Lahoma Hayes [sic] and was born Dec. 4, 1914 at Aberfoyle. She and Mrs. Evans were married Sept. 27, 1935, at Wheeler.
She was a member of the Allison Baptist Church.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church of Wheeler, with the Rev. Ronnie Chadwick, pastor of Allison Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Betty Jean Aaron of Graham; a son, Larry Don Evans of Lubbock; a brother, and sister, Leon Hayes [sic] of Allison and Miss Edith Hayes [sic] of Amarillo; and six grandchildren.
Most members of the Highway Department office here attended the services at Wheeler.
(Published in The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Texas) - 26 Mar 1970, Thu - Page 10)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Newasa Evans
Death Date: 23 Mar 1970
Death County: Gray
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Newasa Lahoma Evans
[Newasa Lahoma Hays]
Birth Date: 4 Dec 1914
Birth Place: Aberfoyle, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Precinct 2, Wheeler, Texas
Spouse: Forace Evans
Father: James Otha Hays
Mother: Minnie McKay
Age at Death: 55
Death Date: 23 Mar 1970
Death Place: Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA
Contributed on 10/13/21
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