Catherine Evans, age 96, resident of Columbus, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at Columbus Hospice House. Funeral services are scheduled at Edgewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, Columbus on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 11 a.m. with Reverend Bill Mayhew officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from 10-11 a.m.
Mrs. Evans, daughter of the late Herschel Brown Jackson and Viola Miller Jackson, was born October 16, 1922 in Monroe County, Mississippi. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Benning Hills Baptist Church, Columbus. Mrs. Evans enjoyed teaching children at Vacation Bible School, reading, canning food, and cooking. However, her greatest joy with spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Isaac Stanley Evans; brother, Albert Jackson; and daughter-in-law, Cathy Evans
She is survived by two sons, Stanley Evans and his wife Phyllis of Statesville, North Carolina and William "Bill" Evans of Columbus; one brother, William "Billy" Jackson and his wife Wren of Nettleton, Mississippi; four grandchildren, Wendy Sirmons and her husband Lloyd, Anna Teague and her husband Jonathan, Jennifer Elliott and her husband Matt, and Thomas Evans and his wife Kerry; eleven great-grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.
The family would like to offer a special appreciation to Shirley Woods for her devotion as caretaker of Mrs. Evans. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Columbus Hospice at www.columbushospice.com.
