Amite County MsArchives Photo Person.....Sleeper, Nancy "Nannie" Caroline 
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Source:             Nannie Clara Evans Willis
Name:               Nancy "Nannie" Caroline Sleeper
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Nannie Caroline Sleeper was born Apr. 30, 1861 in Liberty, Amite County, 
Mississippi and died May 4, 1931 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas.

This is an obituary for Nannie C. Sleeper Evans from the Waco Times-Herald on 
May 5, 1931, page 7:

EVANS, MRS. CHARLES

Mrs. Charles Evans died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John T. Willis, 2025 
Colcord avenue, at 1:25 p.m. Monday. She was formerly Miss Nannie C. Sleeper, 
daughter of Isadore and Gardner S. Sleeper. Mrs. Evans was born in Amite 
county, near Liberty, Miss. She removed to this county when a small girl. Mrs. 
Evans was married to the late Charles Evans in 1880. Seven children were born, 
five of whom are living: Will G. Evans of Los Angeles, Charles Evans of La 
Canada, Calif., Robert M. Evans of Liberty; two daughters, Mrs. John T. Willis 
and Mrs. James M. Kendrick of Waco; also one sister, Mrs. W. E. Ligon and 12 
grandchildren. She was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist church. 
Funeral services will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Willis 
at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with Dr. F. B. Thorn officiating. Active 
pallbearers will be T. M. Sleeper, William Sleeper, Frank Allen, W. B. 
Thompson, R. F. Gribble, Karl Sherman. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of 
the Columbus Avenue Baptist church.

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Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans was born near Liberty, Amite County, MS. She was 
the daughter of Gardner Southworth Sleeper and Isadore Elizabeth Causey 
Sleeper. Nancy Caroline Sleeper, the daughter of Gardner S. and Isadore 
Sleeper, was baptized by the Rev. William T. Gillespie on Sept. "38", 1861 at 
the Unity Presbyterian Church of Amite County, Miss. She married Charles 
Evans, Sr. on Feb. 4, 1880 in McLennan County, Texas. Their marriage was 
officiated by Rev. Dr. S. A. King, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of 
Waco.


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