Geneva Evans' Obituary
MRS. GENEVA EVANS OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS PASSED THIS LIFE JUNE 8, 2023 IN DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
MRS. EVANS WAS BORN IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, JULY 28, 1934 THE DAUGHTER OF WHITNEY AND CHARITY (JONES) PIERCE. SHE GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WAS A CERTIFIED CNA AND WAS KNOWN FOR THE EXCELLENT CARE SHE GAVE TO THE ELDERLY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF GREATER NORTHSIDE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE SERVED PROUDLY ON THE MOTHERS' BOARD. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED AS A WONDERFUL WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FRIEND. SHE MARRIED JOHNNIE B. EVANS ON OCTOBER 25, 1950 IN LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, AND HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1993.
GENEVA IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN: JOHNNY B. EVANS JR, RONNIE (CHRISTINA) EVANS, BURNIE (ANGEL) EVANS, STEVE (CAROL) EVANS, RANDY EVANS
ALL OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS. IVIE (MAXIMILLION) JEFFERSON OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA;
SIBLINGS: VIOLA JONES, LEVERTIA JONES OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS AND LILLIE JACKSON OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND ONE BROTHER JIMMY PIERCE OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.
SHE ALSO LEAVES TO MOURN HER PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN NADIA MELE' EVANS, CHARITY (MARTIN) DAUGHTERY, DR CHANTELL EVANS (DR DOUGLAS STEWART), TRENT EVANS, LAMONTEZ ALLSTON, CHAMBRIELLE EVANS, RANDY EVANS II.
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ANTHONY, PHILLIP, JACOBY, ARIEL, KAYDENCE, KAYLON.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANCHILDREN MALACHI, PHILLIP III AND ISABELLA AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, PARENTS, INFANT SON CLEO EVANS, AND SIBLINGS WHITNEY PIERCE JR., EDWINA PIERCE, AND NEEDHAM PIERCE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WLL BE HELD AT GREATER NORTHSIDE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 10AM TO 11AM. HOMEGOING SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 11AM. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT MACON COUNTY MEMORIAL PARK.
CONDOLENCES MAY BE SHARED WITH THE FAMILY AT Moran & Goebel Funeral Home and Cremation Services
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