Washington County GaArchives Obituaries.....Andrew Willis Evans December 4 1938
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The Sandersville Progress, 8 December 1938, front page

A. Willis Evans Passes at Miami
Former Sandersville Mayor Succumbs to Long Illness

     News was received here Sunday of the death of A. Willis Evans at his home 
in Miami, Fla., after an extended illness, aged 67 years.
     Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist 
Church in Miami, of which Mr. Evans was a deaconn.  Interment was in Miami.
     Mr. Evans was a native of Sandersville, a son of the late Col. and Mrs. 
B. D. Evans, Sr., prominent citizens of this section in the years of the past.
     He was educated here and at Mercer University, after which he was elected 
superintendent of the Sandersville high school.  He later entered the law firm 
of Evans & Evans of this city.  He served one term in the Georgia legislature, 
and was also Mayor of Sandersville several terms.  During the Florida boom, he 
moved to Miami, where he had since been engaged in the practice of law.
     Surviving members of the family are his wife, formerly Miss Lillian Booz 
of Cedartown, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. S. C. Whittlesy of Opelika, Ala., Mrs. 
J. L. Chaille, Miss Marion Evans, and Miss Sarah Jane Evans of Miami; one 
brother, Geo. C. Evans of Sandersville; and one sister, Mrs. T. H. Booz of 
Rome, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
     During his residence in Sandersville Mr. Evans was prominent in church 
work, having served as superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school for 15 
consecutive years, and also was moderator of the Washington Baptist 
Association for several terms.

Source: The Herald, Miami, Florida, December 5, 1938, page 3B
(Article provided by Miami Public Library)

FUNERAL RITES SET FOR EVANS
Widely Known Lawyer Dies In His Residence; Services Tuesday

     Andrew Willis Evans, 64, widely known Miami attorney, died Sunday at his 
residence, 1042 S. W. Third avenue, after an illness of six months.
     Evans came to Miami 13 years ago from Sandersville, Ga.  He was senior 
member of the law firm of Shipp, Evans and Kline.
     A graduate of Mercer university, Macon, he served several times in the 
Georgia state legislature.  For a number of years he was municipal judge of 
Sandersville.
                     Kiwanis Club Member
     He was a member of the Dade county and state bar associations; a member 
of the Kiwanis club, the Masonic lodge in Savannah, Ga.  He was a charter 
member of his university's chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity.  He was also a 
deacon of the Central Baptist Church.
     He leaves the widow, Mrs. Lillian B. Evans; four daughters, Mrs. C. S. 
Whittelsy, Opalika, Ala.; Miss Marion Evans, Miss Sara Jane Evans and mrs. 
James L. Chaille of Miami; a brother, G. C. Evans of Sandersville, and a 
sister, Mrs. T. H. Baaz, Rome, Ga.  Funeral services will be conducted at 3 
p.m. Tuesday in the Central Baptist Church by Rev. J. L. White.  Place of 
burial has not been decided.  The W. H. Combs Funeral Home is in charge of 
arrangements.
     Among honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the First Baptist Church, 
president and secretary of the Kiwanis club and the Dade County Bar 
Association.  Active pallbearers will be E. C. Collins, jr.; Gary Ennis, 
Phillip Alford, Lloyd Vann, John Prunty, and Silver Squacia

*** A picture of A. Willis Evans was also in the Maimi paper.  Under the 
picture was:
PROMINENT LAWYER, A. W. Evans, died after illness of six months.  He was a 
former Georgia legislator and city judge of Sandersville.          

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