Emmie Gaines Evertsen passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday May 13, 2019. Emmie was born in Easley, South Carolina on January 10, 1928 to John Adger Gaines and Agnes Cantrell Gaines. She was named after an Aunt that passed the same evening she was born.
Emmie worked for the Department of Defense as a Data Process Operator at Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville, South Carolina where she meet SGT. Harry C. Evertsen. They were married and had two sons John Evertsen and David Evertsen. Their family settled in Orlando, Florida in August of 1971.
She loved her family, her neighbors and the beach.
She is survived by her sister, Barbara Hood of Edisto, South Carolina; sons, John Evertsen and David Evertsen; two daughter in laws, Shannon Evertsen and Sandra Evertsen; four grandchildren, Sarah Evertsen, Joshua Evertsen, Shelby Evertsen and Shania Evertsen; as well as way too many friends to list that she made along the way as she traveled the world with her family.
Emmie is loved tremendously and will be missed dearly by her family and friends.
