Evelyn Rotier

Rotier, Gladys Evelyn Freemon, age 94, left peacefully on November 22, 2014. Born to Charles Oscar Freemon and Lelia Williamson Freemon on October 18, 1920, in Lawrenceburg, TN. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Jacob Rotier, her son, John Jacob Rotier, Jr., brothers, Charles Freemon (Magdalene) and Flournoy Freemon, sisters, Margaret Burr (Marvin) and Virginia Lindsey (Ed), all of Lawrenceburg, TN. Sisters–in-law, Tommie Smith (Laverte), Anna Johnson (Roy), Snookie Holden (Paul) and Frances Perkerson (Verner) . Survived by her daughter, Margaret Anne Crouse (Jim), son, Charles Rotier (Emme), daughter-in-law, Camille Rotier. Four grandchildren, Pat Rotier (Angela), Teresa Koeberlein (Michael), Jacob Crouse (Meghan) and Charley Rotier. Five great-grandchildren, Alex Koeberlein, Rachel Koeberlein, Mikell Rotier, Noah Crouse and Caitlin Perez.

Mrs. Rotier and her husband, John, opened Rotier’s Restaurant in 1945. She was beloved, and sometimes feared, by students from Vanderbilt and Father Ryan, local politicians, songwriters and singers, and anyone lucky enough to find their way to this hamburger joint. Always a straight talker, she would tell you what you wanted to order (even if you disagreed), take your cigarettes away, or make you clean up after yourself. But she would also love on your babies, lend you an ear, or put your ticket in the drawer, when you didn’t have funds to cover your meal.

She married into the Rotier family, becoming the wife of the baby brother to four sisters. Like herself, three of those sisters were widowed early in their long lives, and they, along with her sister, Virginia, were her closest friends. She is finally reunited with her husband, her son, and all her sisters. She will be missed by her remaining family, and thousands of customers that have come through the doors of Rotier’s in the last 69 years.

A Celebration of Life service will he held at two-thirty in the afternoon on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home. Entombment will follow in Woodlawn's Cross Mausoleum.

Visitation will be held from four o'clock in the afternoon until eight on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alive Hospice.

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