Perry Wayne Evans passed from this life and into God's Glory on
January 12, 2021.
Perry was born in Elk City, Oklahoma, on September
9, 1943, to Joe A. and Iola (Sunny) Evans. Perry married Mary Ormand
on June 12, 1964, at the Port First Baptist Church. Perry graduated
from Dill City High School, and after high school, he attended the
University of Oklahoma and graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma
State University. After graduation Perry worked for the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company. When his dad's health began to fail, he
moved his young family back to the family farm in the Canute/Port
area where he farmed for 56 years with his wife, parents, son, and
grandchildren.
Perry's most important relationship was his marriage to his beloved
wife and farming partner Mary. Perry was a dedicated farmer that
took growing wheat seriously. His passion in life, besides his
family, was the wheat field. There was absolutely no one that could
get more out of a combine than Perry and probably no one that ever
loved driving a combine more than Perry.
Perry was also a cowman, and when his children were in school, he
was incredibly involved in their livestock projects. Perry spent
many hours in the pickup with Dave Maysey, RL Oaks, and Alan Copus
searching for show cattle. The time spent on cattle shows and
finding cattle to show were some of Perry's most treasured memories.
Perry also loved to watch basketball and was an avid fan of OU
sports, as well as greatly enjoying Canute girls' basketball and
Fort Cobb basketball. He cherished his time with his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Perry is survived by his wife Mary (Ormand) Evans of the home in
Canute, as well as his children Perry (Andy) Wayne Evans, Jr, and
wife Beth of Kingfisher/Canute, Kevin Evans and wife Heather of
Maplewood, New Jersey, and Kelli (Evans) Turney and husband Doug of
Fort Cobb. He is survived by seven grandchildren: Mandy Gulley and
husband Clint, Canute, Taylor Evans and wife Savannah of Columbia,
Missouri, Sarah Starr and husband Eli of Elk City, Mara Evans of
Chicago, Illinois, Trey Abbott of Fort Cobb, James Evans of
Maplewood, New Jersey, and Abby Briscoe of Oklahoma City. Perry is
survived by two great-grandchildren Peri Gulley of Canute and
Laythen Starr of Elk City. Perry is survived by his two sisters
Marian Chambless and family of Calumet and Loretta Sharp and family
of Cherokee.
Perry was a member of the Main Street Baptist Church.
The family would like to thank all their friends, family and
neighbors for their wonderful support during this time. The family
requests that in lieu of flowers donations be sent to the OYE
Scholarship Fund, 21 Land Rush Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73107.
Perry's funeral will be held Friday, January 15, 2021 at 1:00 P.M.
at Main Street Baptist Church with burial following at Fairlawn
Cemetery under the direction of Whinery Funeral Service.
Condolences
may be made online at
www.whineryfs.com