BILLY GENE EVANS, 78 OF ARGYLE, TEXAS WENT TO GLORY SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014. HE WAS BORN IN FANNIN COUNTY NEAR TELEPHONE, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 6, 1935 TO WILLIE THOMAS AND JOSIE MARIE (LANKFORD) EVANS. HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN TEXAS AT BIGBEE COMMUNITY, TELEPHONE, PARIS, AS WELL AS GILA BEND, ARIZONA. HE GRADUATED FROM DENTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DENTON, TEXAS IN 1954. HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY IN GERMANY FROM 1955-1957 & IN THE ARMY RESERVE UNTIL 1963. HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IN THE OVERSEAS PROGRAM. HE MARRIED EVELYN MAXINE ROBINSON DECEMBER 2, 1956 IN THE ARGYLE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE ACCEPTED CHRIST IN 1956. HE LIVED HIS CHRISTIANITY IN A QUIET WAY SERVING THOSE IN NEED WITH A TENDER HEART. HE WORKED 26 YEARS AS A PRESSMAN AT MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, MANAGED HIS RENTAL PROPERTY, PARTNERSHIP OF A HONEY BUSINESS. HE WAS ALSO A CATTLEMAN.
BILL LOVED HIS FAMILY, WORKING WITH HIS HANDS AND BEING OUTDOORS WITH NATURE. FAVORITE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED FISHING AND HUNTING WITH FRIENDS, HIKING IN THE WOODS AND THE MOUNTAINS, BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS, AS WELL AS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A RV.
BILL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MAXINE OF ARGYLE, SONS, RANDEL KENT EVANS OF ALVIN, TEXAS & CARY BRENT EVANS OF DENTON. BROTHERS, ROGER LYNN EVANS AND WIFE LINDA OF MONKS TOWN, TEXAS, DAVID GLENN EVANS OF OKLAHOMA, AND NUMEROUS NIECES & NEPHEWS. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH: HIS PARENTS, SISTERS, ELLA DELL McIRATH & CAROL DEAN UNDERHILL; BROTHERS, CHARLES THOMAS EVANS & DOYLE RAY EVANS.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY FROM 6-8 PM, JULY 30TH AT MULKEY-MASON FUNERAL HOME. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 10 AM, JULY 31 IN THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ARGYLE. BURIAL FOLLOWING AT PRAIRIE MOUND CEMETERY, ARGYLE. PALL BEARERS ARE: GARY BROWN, BURT BLAND, BUDDY CRISP, LANCE EAKER, GERALD EVANS, LEE GIBBONS, DANNY HENDERSON, MORGAN HERD. HONORARY PALL BEARERS: BUCK ELLIOTT, GLENN INMAN, AND DAVID ROBINSON.