Funeral services were
conducted for Bertha Evans at the Martin
Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Aubrey Cowan
officiating on August 26, 1985.
Burial was in Fairlawn Cemetery in Elk City.
Mrs. Bertha Evans was born on January 16,
1894 in Grant Parish, Louisiana
and passed away August 24, 1985 at the age
of 91 years, 7 months and 8
days.
As a small child her family moved from
Louisiana to Washita County.
There she met and was married to Ramsey M.
Evans on March 8, 1911.
They moved to Texas County near Goodwill
where they resided a few years,
moving by covered wagon to Roger Mills
County in 1915 where they settled
in the Sandstone Community southeast of
Cheyenne. There they lived and
raised their family for some 35 years before
moving to Elk City in 1947.
She was preceded in death by her husband in
1957; also one infant daughter.
She was the last of 9 brothers and sisters.
Survivors are 2 sons, Glen Evans of
Amarillo, Texas; Jimmie Evans of
Fairview, Missouri; 1 daughter, Floreta
Bogges, of Cheyenne, Oklahoma;
a foster son, Carl Dorman of Elk City; a
nephew whom she raised from
infancy, also 16 grandchildren, 23 great
grandchildren; 2 great great
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were grandsons: Larry Bogges,
Gary Bogges, Bob Evans, James
Evans, Jerry Evans, Mark Dorman, Dennis
Evans, Curtis Dorman and Joe Mike
Dorman.
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