Tehama County CA Archives Obituaries.....Evans, Earl Maxwell August 25, 1959
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Red Bluff Daily News  August 26, 1959
Earl M. Evans Local Barber Kills Himself

Earl Maxwell (Squirrely) Evans, who has operated the barber shop in the Tremont 
Hotel here for the past 32 years, took his own life with a gun yesterday 
evening in his home at 905 Monroe Street, City Police said today.

Evans, who was found unconscious by his father shortly after 6 o’clock, was 
51.  Police said the victim committed suicide by shooting himself in the head 
with a .22 caliber automatic.

Officers said Evans had been despondent over ill health for quite some time and 
had told members of his family that he intended to take his own life.  Police 
said his father had been visiting him frequently since Evans had shown signs of 
despondency.

The victim shot himself a few minutes after 6 o’clock, police said, and died at 
a local hospital about 6:30.

Andy Gow, manager of the Tremont Hotel said Evans had been the barber 
there “for as long as I can remember and his father before him.”

Evans was born Sept. 17, 1907, in Red Bluff where he attended school and where 
he was a barber for 32 years.

He is survived by two daughters, Sharon Crane and Avone Stoops, both of 
Corning, his father Tom Evans of Red Bluff, and five grandchildren.  Services 
are pending at Fickert’s Chapel.

Additional Comments:
Earl was the son of Thomas Evans & Clara May Street.  Clara was daughter of 
William Riley Street & Barsheba Pollard.

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