Doris Jane Evans
May 28, 1957 Jan. 20, 2017 Doris Jane Evans, 59, of Tiff City, Mo., departed this life on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in the comfort of her home after a courageous battle with cancer.
She entered this life on May 28, 1957, in Neosho, Mo., one of six children born to the union of Marvin and Zelma Barton. She was a lifelong resident of the Tiff City Community and a 1975 graduate of Grove High School.
On Feb. 16, 1991, she was united in marriage to Jerry Evans, and together they have shared the last 25 years. She believed in hard work and being well organized. She was employed by Eagle Picher in Seneca, Mo., for 13 years before joining her husband in the operation of the Tiff Store in 1996. She and Jerry also farmed and ran a dairy. She loved her family and treasured each moment spent with them. She was a member of the Patterson Heights Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Jerry Evans of the home; three children, Kane Wyatt and wife Sasha of Tahlequah, Okla., and Josie Evans and Shane Evans, both of Tiff City; two grandchildren, Laney and Abby Wyatt; her parents, Marvin and Zelma Barton of Tiff City; two brothers, John Barton and wife Shelly of Tiff City, and Rick Barton and wife Billie of Bernice, Okla.; three sisters, Helen Humphrey and husband Mo of Tiff City, Shirley Lupton and husband Max of Grove, Okla., and Nancy Barton of Wyandotte, Okla.; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes. Pastors Fred Mills, Gary Fields and Jared Proctor officiated.
Burial followed in the New Bethel Cemetery in Anderson, Mo. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers were Rex McCool, Jim Spicer, Randy Harris, Bob Grinnell, Spike Jones and Larry Abel. Ottie Luther, Jim Bradley, Richard Huston and George Lee Hays served as honorary pallbearers.
The family received friends Monday evening in the funeral home chapel.
Memorials are being directed to Patterson Heights Baptist Church, and contributions may be left at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through www.ozarkfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson.