Lawrence Evans Sr.
Posted: February 4, 2016
STARKVILLE — Lawrences Evans Sr., 82, died Jan. 28, 2016, in Rochester, Michigan. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Griffin UM Church with Eddie Lee Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden-Oktoc. Visitation will be Friday from noon-5 p.m. at Century-Hairston Funeral Home, with family hour from 2-3 p.m. Mr. Evans was born Feb. 10, 1933, to the late L.D. Evans and Cordelia Spencer. He is survived by his children, Sharon Boyd of Starkville, Sinetra Shelton of North Carolina, Lawrence Evans Jr. and Shawn Montgomery, both of Texas, and Judith Lee of Illinois; sisters, Grace Gregory, Pansy Robinson and Barbara A. Logan, all of Starkville and Marva J. Scott of Fort Washington, DC; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.