Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....EVANS, Rev. James Edward November 29, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com April 9, 2021, 8:10 pm Unknown Kentucky Newspaper September 2008 OBITUARY EVANS, Rev. (Captain) James E., died November 29, 2008 in Lexington, Ky in Fayette County. He was a resident of the Thomson-Hood Veterans Home, Wilmore, Ky. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1919, graduated from Maryville College in Tennessee, and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He served as a pastor in Girard, Ohio, Pittsburgh, PA., Frenchburg, Ky., Greensburg, Ky., and Marrowbone, Ky, and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corp from 1943 -1945 where he flew 29 missions as a B-17 pilot, and was downed and rescued by the Free French. He traveled with the World War II Museum of Louisville as Chaplain. He was preceded in death by: his parents (not named) his wife, Kate (POWELL) EVANS He is survived by: two sons one daughter 6 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren A memorial Service will be held at Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ky on January 24, 2009 at 3 p.m., officiated by Jim Rucker. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Hospice of the Bluegrass. ---Nothing Else--- Additional Comments: #0291 Dunk and Raily Powell Cemetery/also known as the Powell Family Cemetery, located on Highway 702, near Glen Dean, Ky in southern Breckinridge County. EVANS, Kate/Katie Marion 25 Jan 1915 -- 29 Sep 2003 wife of Reverend James Edward EVANS daughter of Raily Gilbert POWELL & Sarah Jane BURNETT have her obituary and a submitted memorial that appeared in the newspaper unknown if she has a tombstone EVANS, Reverend James Edward 03 Nov 1919 -- 29 Nov 2008 husband of Kate/Katie Marion POWELL son of Russell EVANS & Bertha BOTTOM have his obituary unknown if he has a tombstone (Ancestry.com database) Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852 - 1968 GROOM: James Edward EVANS, male, age 22, born about 1920 Father: Russell EVANS Mother: Bertha BOTTOM BRIDE: Kate Marion POWELL, female, age 27, born about 1915 Father: Raily POWELL Mother: Sarah BURNETT married 04 Aug 1942 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Ancestry.com database) World War II Draft Card for Young Men, 1940-1947 James Edward EVANS, age 21 born 03 Nov 1919 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Occupation: College Student, Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee Next of Kin: Russell EVANS (NOTE: I found the death certificate in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania for Russell EVANS, James Edward's father, who died in 1945. Russell's parents were listed on his death certificate as: Edward EVANS born in Wales, and Mary Hoskins also born in Wales.) Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/e/evans11749gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/