Funeral services for Eva Mae Meeler Evans, 79, of Willis, Va., formerly of Banks County, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, with the Rev. Luther Williams and the Rev. Michael Hembree officiating. Burial will follow in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Evans died Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Born Nov. 3, 1932, in Homer, she was the daughter of the late Swayne Lee and Monta Caudell Meeler. She also was 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 Damascus Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughters, Elaine Evans and friend, Richard Schrunk, of Lawrenceville, Karen Pearson and friend, Wayne Fleming, of Sterling, Va., and Penny Schmitt of Lawrenceville; son, Mark Evans of Willis, Va.; son-in-law, John Pearson of Broad Run, Va.; brother and sister-in-law, James and Jean Meeler of, Cornelia; and grandchildren, Joseph Pearson, Luke Pearson and his spouse, Alexis, and Sara Schmitt.

The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. today, April 27, at the funeral home.

Those wishing to express online condolences may do so by visiting whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin.

The Northeast Georgian

April 27, 2012