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Fairlawn Cemetery

Cushing, Oklahoma


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Richard Arlen Evans ~ Stella Mae [Hooper] Evans


Obituary
Fairlawn Cemetery
Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Sandi Carter


© Davis Funeral Home
Cushing, Oklahoma
Printed With Permission
February 1989

Richard Arlen Evans
February 15, 1930 ~ March 24, 1989


Richard Evans, 59, of Cushing died March 24 at Cushing Regional Hospital.

Survivors include wife Stella; parents Mr. and Mrs. William Evans of Cushing; sons Richard and Mickey, both of Cushing, and Mark of Hartshome, Okla.; daughter Julie Kennedy of Cushing; brothers Billy and Jackie both of Cushing; and 10 grandchildren.

Mr. Evans was born and raised in Cushing, graduated from Cushing High School in 1948 and Married Stella Hooper on June 10, 1950. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and served several years in Oklahoma National Guard.

He was a member of the VFW Post in Cushing.

Mr. Evans had been employed as a heating and cooling specialist and as a plumber. He had worked for Hominy Correctional Facility since 1985.

He also worked 28 years with the little league baseball organization in Cushing, served as president of the Full Gospel Men's Fellowship and attended the Living Word Church in Cushing.

Services were Wednesday at First Assembly of God, Cushing, with the Revs. David Plank, Bill Allton Jr. and Mark Evans officiating.

Burial was in Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing, under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Cushing, with military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1118.

Casket bearers were Harry Sneed Jr., Mike Morris, Dean Stump, Charles Griffith, J. D. Hargrove and Allen Gould.


Obituary
Fairlawn Cemetery
Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Stories Of The Gilded Age


© Davis Funeral Home
Cushing, Oklahoma
Printed With Permission
March 2006

Stella Mae [Hooper] Evans
July 24, 1929 ~ March 7 2006


Stella Mae Evans, longtime Cushing resident, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in the Cushing Regional Hospital at the age of 76 years.

The daughter of the late James Henry Hooper and Blanche Hattie Shoemaker Hooper, Stella was born on July 24, 1929 in Cushing, OK and was reared and educated here, graduating from Cushing High School.

She was married to Richard A. Evans on June 10, 1950, here in Cushing and to this union four children, Rick, Mark, Julie and Mick were born. Mr. Evans preceded her in death on March 24, 1989.

Stella had worked at the Cushing Library and later for the Cushing Regional Hospital prior to retirement.

She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church; she had served as a Den Mother while her children were growing up and she was a very devoted Grandmother to her grandkids, enjoying all of their activities. She loved watching baseball and spending time with her family and friends.

Survivors include her children, Rick Evans and his wife Virginia of Enid, Julie Kennedy and her husband Mike of Cushing and Mick Evans and his wife Suzie of Cushing; one daughter-in-law, Clelly Evans of Cushing; 16 grandchildren, Jessica Turetken, Phillip Evans, Sommer Evans, Jayson Evans, Jana Taylor, Sarah Pyles, Jared Kennedy, Ryan Kennedy, Emily Kennedy, Justin Kennedy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Evan Kennedy, Randy Evans, Brieanne Evans, Tyler Evans and Garrett Evans; 7 great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one son Reverend Mark Evans.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 10:30 A.M. in the First Assembly of God Church with Reverend Robert Adams, pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery.


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