Biography of John E EVANS, Scott Co, Arkansas

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Contributed by Delaine Edwards.
Aug 6 1999

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	The material transcribed below is from a special edition of the 
Scott County Advertiser newspaper of 3 April 1991, entitled "A Salute to 
Scott County Citizens 90 Years and Over." The interviews were done as
part of a celebration of the Bank of Waldron's 90th anniversary. They are
arranged alphabetically for presentation here. Pictures were included 
with these short biographies.

EVANS, John E: John E. Evans was born March 6, 1900, in Montague County,
Texas, to John B. and Virginia Evans. The family moved to Abilene, Texas,
where he attended grade school. In 1918 the Evans family moved to the
Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico. Mr. Evans married Myrtle Dustman, whom
he met at Hardin Simmons University, and was married to her for 50 years.
She passed away several years ago. He is now married to Artela (Bullock)
Evans. He has lived in Scott County for 52 years, including 32 in Cauthron
and 20 in Southwest Waldron. He was pastor of Pleasant Grove No. 2 Church
for 27 1/2 years. Mr. Evans has five children, Leon B. Evans of Huntsville,
Ala., Ophelia Ann Oliver of Waldron, La Moine Evans of Keota, Okla., Nada
Lee Currier of Waldron and John Harold Evans of Waldron. Mr. Evans says:
"I have dealt with the Bank of Waldron for about 50 years and have
borrowed money to do everything from paying hospital bills to stocking
the ranch with cattle and building a house for the family to live in." He
also recollects that "...before the days of Soil Conservation, Bill Piles,
then President of the Bank of Waldron, took B.S. Hinkle, who was County
Agent, to Washington to see Hugh Bennett, who was Secretary of Agriculture,
and that is how the Soil Erosion Demonstration Project of Scott County was
formed. This was the forerunner of the present Soil Conservation Service."