Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Joel Bennett Evans
January 5, 1959 - June 7, 2021

Funeral services for Joel Evans were held on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 10:00 
a.m. at First Assembly of God in Teague. Bro. Spain Trask  officiated. Interment 
followed at Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Evans passed away on Monday, June 7, 2021, at UT Health Center in Tyler.

Joel Bennett Evans was born on January 5, 1959, in Elyria, Ohio to parents Robert 
and Barbara Capp Evans. He moved to Teague in 1969 and graduated from Teague 
High School with the class of 1978. Mr. Evans worked as a pipeliner, taking him 
all over the United States. He loved to talk about working with his father 
overseas. He married Olga on June 5, 1997, and shared over twenty-four years of 
marriage together. Joel enjoyed traveling and loved to snow ski. He was a loving 
father and husband. He also was a member of First Assembly of God.

He is survived by his wife, Olga Evans of Point Enterprise; one stepson, John 
Clifton; one stepdaughter, Elizabeth Poehler; daughter, Marissa Evans; four 
grandchildren, Annaliese Poehler, Kayden Kutter, J. D. Clifton, Nataliya Clifton; 
his mother, Barbara Evans of Teague; his brother, Mike Evans & wife Deborah of 
Groesbeck; his sister, Liza Hagler & husband Todd; numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Evans was preceded in death by his father, Robert Lamar Evans, Jr.; his 
paternal grandparents, Robert Lamar, Sr. & June Evans; and his maternal 
grandparents, Joseph & Helen Capp.