Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Evans Sr., Cornelius December 15, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com February 2, 2013, 7:53 pm Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Sunday, December 21, 1997 Cornelius Evans Sr., 62, of the 900 block of Ave. H, died Dec. 15, 1997. Born in Sumter, S.C., he had retired as an employee of the Hampton Road Bridge Tunnel, State of Virginia, after 35 years of service. He was a regular church attendee and was an altar boy at an early age. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School and was a member of Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Norfolk. He was predeceased by his parents, Janie Davis Evans and Smith Evans. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Evans; four daughters, Maricia Lewis and Janice Dean, both of Norfolk, Sonja Evans and Gloria Evans, both of Virginia Beach; four sons, Timothy Evans and Gregory Evans, both of Virginia Beach, Cornelius Evans Jr. and Walter Marcus Evans, both of Norfolk; three sisters, Sandra Johnson of Washington, D.C., Preto Porter of South Carolina and Pearlie Percey of Norfolk; 26 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; a special friend, Joyce Sharp; a sister-in-law, Carolyn Morris of Norfolk; a daughter-in-law, Gay Evans; and a host of other relatives and friends. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, 1000 Holt St., Norfolk, by Father Walter Barrett. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery , Norfolk. Metropolitan Funeral Home is in charge. Family and friends will assemble at 1415-A Lois Lane, Norfolk, at noon Tuesday for the procession to the church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/e/evanssr322gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb