Jim Evans

A memorial service for Jim Evans, age 89, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, January 12, 2013, with C. J. Duffey officiating. Refreshments will be available after the service.
Jim Evans, a generous, compassionate, and heroic man passed away peacefully at his residence Tuesday morning, January 8, 2013. He was born in Georgia on November 26, 1923, the son of Holman C. Evans and Annie Mae (Roberts) Evans. He married Mariah Parsons in Athens, Georgia on June 8, 1946 who preceded him in death in 1994. He was a decorated Army combat veteran of War World II in Europe and in the Korean conflict where he served as a tank company commander. At the peak of his civil federal government career he was appointed as the National Director of Law Enforcement for the United States Forest Service and retired in 1976. He also retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was a lifetime member of the, the American Legion, V.F.W. and NRA. His memberships also included the 3RD Infantry Division Association, the Disabled American Veterans, the Retired Officers Association, and The Amigos ( a Forest Service organization). He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include: three daughters, Bobbie Miller and Ken of Sulphur Springs, Jan Philpot of Hiram, Georgia and Karen DeLise and Steve of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania; son, Duane Evans and Karen of Falls Church, Virginia; grandchildren, Laura Moore, Kristi DiVirgilis, Tom Miller, Jacqueline Evans, Jim Evans, Claire DeLise, Rachel DeLise and Bryan DeLise; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Nichole, Jessica, Michelle, Sarah, Amanda, Elida and Zia; sister, Geneva Brock of Decatur, Georgia; brother, Alec Evans of Wrightsville, Georgia and special long term care givers, Valea Wilson and Shanta and Raymond Brock. He was also preceded in death by brother, Bobby Ray Evans. Memorials may be made to Meal A Day, 150 Martin Luther King Blvd., Sulphur Springs, TX 75482.