Dougherty County, Georgia - Roy Evans 1963 Submitted by Melissa Norman Evans Sep 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ ** Roy Evans - passed away 5/1/1963 Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today at Sardis Primitive Baptist Church near here for Roy Evans, 15, who was found dead of a gunshot wound near his home late Wednesday. The Rev. J.O. Leath and the Rev. Roy Strickland officiated and internment was in the church cemetery. Authorities said the youth was found on the dam of a small pond, a .22 caliber pistol by his side. A coroner's inquest was scheduled. Evans was born March 24, 1948 in Colquitt County, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans. He was in the ninth grade at Moultrie Junior High School. Survivors include his parents, a brother, Mike Evans, and two sisters, Gail and Christine Evans, all of Rt. 5, Moultrie; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Adams, Valdosta, and Mrs. T.L. Evans, Rt. 5. Moultrie, and several aunts and uncles including Mrs. M.C. Lawton, Eldon Evans, Bennie Evans and Vernon Evans, all of Albany.