Eva Mae Meeler Evans

EVA MAE MEELER EVANS, age 79, of Willis, Virginia, formerly of Banks County, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Mrs. Evans was born on November 3, 1932, in Homer, Georgia, to the late Swayne Lee and Monta Caudell Meeler. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Grady Evans; daughter, Paula Evans; and brothers, Billy Meeler and Lloyd Meeler. Mrs. Evans was a homemaker and a member of the Damascus Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters, Elaine Evans and friend, Richard Schrunk, Lawrenceville, GA, Karen Pearson and friend, Wayne Fleming, Sterling, VA, and Penny Schmitt, Lawrenceville, GA; son, Mark Evans, Willis, VA; son-in-law, John Pearson, Broad Run, VA; brother and sister-in-law, James and Jean Meeler, Cornelia, GA; and grandchildren, Joseph Pearson, Luke Pearson and his spouse, Alexis, and Sara Schmitt. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, Georgia, with Rev. Luther Williams and Rev. Michael Hembree officiating. Interment will follow in the Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2012, at the funeral home. Those wishing to express online condolences to the Evans family may do so by visiting www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, Georgia.