Daisy Apple Evans

Ruffin – Daisy Apple Evans, 89, Morehead Nursing Center, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at the nursing home. Funeral services were held at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Pastor Bruce McBride and Pastor Aaron Withrow officiating.   Interment followed in Happy Home Christian Church Cemetery.   Pallbearers were Wallace Walker, Austin Williams, Landon Wright, Perry Brookshire, Avery Wright and Chris DeLapp.   Honorary pallbearers were William Setliff, J. D. Walker and Bob Blackwell. Daisy was born in Rockingham County to the late Ross and Eugenia Nunn Apple. She was a longtime and faithful member of Happy Home Christian Church and was a former member of the Willing Workers Circle. She was also a member of the Happy Home, Home Demonstration Club. Daisy was a tobacco farmer and she loved working in the yard sharing her gift of growing beautiful flowers. She also enjoyed traveling. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Other than her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Clarence Evans; her son, Freddy Evans; her sisters, Mabel Underwood, Erma Clark, Effie Weatherford and Hazel Crumpton; and her brother, John Apple. Daisy is survived by her daughters, Judy Evans Chapmon and husband, Irvin of Reidsville and Pam Evans Williams and husband, Early of Ruffin; grandchildren, Elizabeth Evans, Teresa Brookshire, Jay Evans, Landon Wright, Austin Williams and Bayleigh Williams; 6 great grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. The family received friends on Saturday, March 29, 2008, from 1-2 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home one hour prior to the service and other times at Judy and Irvin’s home, (2404 Richardson Drive). Memorial Contributions may be made to the Happy Home Church Cemetery Fund, 6941 NC 700, Ruffin, NC 27326. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilkersonfuneral.com