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Yvonne M. (?) was born on 26 September 1926.¹ She and Benjamin Harrison Evans were married on 10 June 1951.¹ She died on 21 March 1994, at age 67.¹ She was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.¹

E. L. (Bud) Marshall was born on 12 January 1915.² He and Jessie Maxine Evans were married on 21 October 1933.^1,2 He died on 11 December 2003, at age 88.² He was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.²

Rick Marshall died before 21 March 2008.¹

Jack Marshall died before 21 March 2008.¹

Moneta Evelyn Chappelear was born on 8 January 1927.¹ She and James Franklin Evans were married on 23 December 1945.² She died on 31 March 2010, at age 83, in Oklahoma.¹ She was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.¹

Moneta Evelyn Chappelear was a Laborer in Dinky Diner/54 Diner.² Moneta Evelyn Evans 83, resident of Gotebo, Oklahoma was born on January 8, 1927 in Gotebo, Oklahoma to W. D. (Bill) and Fern Chappelear and departed this life on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Corn, Oklahoma.

Moneta was raised on the family farm and attended school at Lake Valley, where she participated in basketball and played in the band. She and her future husband James (Jim) F. Evans also met there. After Jim returned from World War ll, they were married on December 23, 1945, and established their home on land 5 miles north of Gotebo. Moneta was a homemaker and was very active in the Neighborly Club until children were raised. Later, she worked at the Dinky Diner and 54 Diner.

Survivors include her three daughters, JoAnn Jones of Corn, OK; Delena Henderson of Colony, OK; and Linda Stutzman of Frederick, OK; 16 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. As a mother, grandmother and great grandma, she will be missed, but mostly as our friend and confident.

Moneta was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jim Evans, one sister Oleta, two sons Buddy Evans and Jimmy Evans, and one great granddaughter Verena Wardwell.

Funeral services were held Saturday, April 3, at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Gotebo, OK, with burial in the Odessa Cemetery in Gotebo under the direction of Musick-Varner-Loftiss Funeeral Home In Cordell, Oklahoma.

William B.(buddy) Evans was born on 26 July 1954.¹ He died on 25 November 2007, at age 53.¹ He was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.¹

James (Jimmy) Floyd Evans was born on 13 July 1961 in Oklahoma.^1,2 He and Michelle Leann Prentice were married on 24 June 1983 in Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma.¹ He died on 8 July 2008, at age 46, in Gotebo, Kiowa, Oklahoma.^1,2 He was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.¹

James (Jimmy) Floyd Evans was a Truck Driver.³ James Floyd (Jimm) Evans was born July 13, 1961 to James and Moneta (Chappler) Evans at Obart, Oklahoma and passed away south of Cordell, Tuesday evening, July 8, 2008.

Jimmy graduated from Gotebo High School and became a truck driver. He loved fishing and spending time with his grandkids, He especially enjoyed trying to fix old things.

Jimmy was preceded in death by his father; wife, Michelle (Prentice) Evans; and one brother, Buddy Evans.

He is survived by his mother; two sons, Jeremy Prentice of Pensicola, Florida and James C. Evans of Gotebo; two daughters, Jylian Prentice of Moore and Melisa Oulette of Lawton, Oklahome; two grandchildren, Nathan and Kynnedi, three sisters, Jo Ann Jones, Linda Stutzman and Delena Henderson and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held On Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Gotebo with Brother Mark Marine officiating. Burial followed in the Odessa Cemetery under the direction of Loftiss-Lee Funeral Home in Cordell.

Michelle Leann Prentice was born on 30 August 1962 in Gotebo, Kiowa, Oklahoma.² She and James (Jimmy) Floyd Evans were married on 24 June 1983 in Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma.² She died on 11 December 2001, at age 39, in Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma.² She was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma.²