Greene County MO Archives Photo Person.....Evans, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" 
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Source:             Clara Evans Willis
Name:               Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Evans
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This is a photograph of Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Evans who was born Jul. 14, 
1856 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri and died Nov. 27, 1926 in Waco, 
McLennan County, Texas.

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Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Evans was the daughter of William George Evans and 
Sarah Isabel Baker Evans. She was a charter member of Columbus Street Baptist 
Church in Waco. She lived at 1302 North Thirteenth Street in Waco.

The following is her obituary from the Waco News-Tribune on November 28, 1926, 
p. 14:

EVANS, MISS LIZZIE

Miss Lizzie Evans, 70, died at her home, 1302 North Thirteenth street, at 6 
p.m. yesterday. Miss Evans was born in Springfield, Mo., July 14, 1856 and 
moved to Texas as a small child. She first settled in Speegleville in 1862. 
She has been a resident of Waco for the past 40 years. She was a charter 
member of the Columbus Street Baptist church. She is survived by her sister, 
Mrs. M. [Maria] E.[Evans] Sleeper, and eight nephews and nieces. Her brother, 
the late Charles Evans, died about five months ago. Funeral services will be 
conducted from the family home, 1302 North Thirteenth street, by Rev. F. B. 
Thorn of the Columbus Avenue Baptist church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. 
Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers will be Judge William 
Sleeper, Luke McKee, Weston Rucker, Eugene Standefer, Arthur Fiser of Lorena, 
and K. J. Owen.



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