Hamilton County, Tennessee, Obituaries: E.A. Evans Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bristol Herald Courier http://www.bristolnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/Page/TRI_FrontPage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bristol Herald Courier Friday, December 13, 2002 E.A. Evans CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- E.A. (Worry) Evans died at home on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, after an extended illness. Worry, as he was known to his family and friends, was a well-known restaurateur having been one of the founders and owners of the Mt. Vernon Restaurant in Chattanooga since 1955. He attended Ridgedale Baptist Church and had been a member of the Covenant and the Word Sunday School Classes. He was the son of the late Mildred Hillman Evans and Emery Gilbert Evans. Worry was born in Herald, Va., and had lived in Coeburn and St. Paul, Va., but had spent the last 55 years of his life in Chattanooga. He attended Baylor School in Chattanooga and graduated from Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tenn. He attended Tulane University, the University of Kansas and the University of Chattanooga. He served as president of the Chattanooga Restaurant Association for two years and he also served as a director of the Tennessee Restaurant Association. He also was an active member of the National Restaurant Association. Mr. Evans was an avid golfer, having been a member of the Rivermont Golf and Country Club and the Chattanooga Golf and County Club. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the Navy aboard a patrol craft boat as a 2nd class motorman. He had been stationed off the coast of Australia and off the island of Guadalupe during the war. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Tombras Evans. He is survived by his second wife, Barbara Elliott Evans, Chattanooga; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Jeff Messinger, and granddaughter, Hannah Messinger of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. He is also survived by three brothers, D.C. Evans of Bristol Virginia, Chet Evans of Bristol Tennessee and Sib Evans of Chattanooga; also, four sisters, Val Lee of Tucson, Ariz., Uneeta Wrenn of Newport News, Va., and Lee Kyle and Faye Elswick of Bristol Tennessee; as well as several nieces and nephews. Mr. Evans' wish was that his body be donated to the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 12:30 p.m. at Ridgedale Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Owens officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Ridgedale Room. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Woodhome Medical Building, Suite 515, 1838 Green Tree Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 or to Ridgedale Baptist Church Building Fund, 1831 Hickory Valley Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421 or to Hospice of Chattanooga, 58 Commons, Suite 101, 4355 Highway 58, Chattanooga, TN 37416. Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home, E. Brained Road.