Obituaries: Wilbur B. "Hot" Evans, 1984, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 26, 1984 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Wilbur Evans Succumbs

Services for Wilbur B. "Hot" Evans were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel
of Southern Funeral Home with the Revs. Eugene Love, Mike Howell, and J. P.
Miles officiating.  Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Winnfield.

Evans, 76, of Winnfield died at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 25, 1984 in Humana
Hospital, Winnfield.

He was a Winn Parish native, a World War II veteran, and a member of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, and Laurel Heights Baptist
Church.

Evans served from 1970-74 as a member of the Winnfield City Council and was
also a member of the Winnfield Civil Service Board.

Survivors include his wife, Floy C. Evans of Winnfield; two sons, Wilbur B.
Evans, Jr., of Alexandria, and Jimmy Bonnette of Winnfield; six half brothers,
Willie Evans of Cutoff, Walker Silman of Tomball, Texas, George "Pete" Evans
and Thomas "Duck" Silman, both of Montgomery, Wade Evans of Verda, and Johnny
Evans of Marshall, Texas; and four half sisters, Ottie Lee Evans of Atlanta,
Amy Shaw of Tullos, Florette Keys of Winnfield, and Ollie Baker of Groves,
Texas.