William Thomas Evans

1877 - 1944  (66 years)

• Name	William Thomas Evans
  Born	23 Nov 1877	Mascot, Knox Co., Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1905	Hiawassee College, Monroe Co., Tennessee   [2]
  Occupation	15 Oct 1913  [3]
  	He was a Methodist Minister ||He was ordained 15 Oct 1913 as a Methodist Minister at Cleveland TN. He pastored at Sinking Springs Methodist Church outside of Clinton TN.
  Died	22 May 1944	Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	Aft 22 May 1944	Sinking Springs Methodist Church, Anderson Co., Tennessee
  Anecdote	Aft 1945  [4]
  	Story by Hazelwood Turner|| Hazlewood Turner told the following story about Tom: Uncle Tom was preaching one day and two rough young men came into the church. Without stopping his sermon, he walked down to the two men, grabbed them by the collar and escorted them out of the church.
  Person ID	I23	Evans
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	Solomon Peter Evans,   b. 13 Jun 1847, Buncombe Co., North Carolina ,   d. 04 Jan 1918, Powell, Knox Co., Tennessee  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ann Underwood,   b. 04 Feb 1851, Knox Co., Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jul 1908  (Age 57 years)
  Married	01 Jan 1874	Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee   [5]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Esta Witt,   b. 19 Nov 1888, Union Co., Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jan 1979, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee  (Age 90 years)
  Married	19 Apr 1906  [1]
  Children	1. Candler Galloway Evans,   b. 16 Feb 1907, Monroe Co., Tennessee ,   d. 13 Nov 1992, St Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee  (Age 85 years)   2. Opal Corrine (O. C.) Evans,   b. 08 Oct 1909, Anderson Co., Tennessee ,   d. 28 Dec 1985, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee  (Age 76 years)   3. Enid Aveleigh Evans,   b. 12 Sep 1912,   d. 04 May 1987, St Mary's Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage story|| Since Tom was a preacher, on of his duties was to perform marriages. According to Ethel Evans Walczyk, he would always perform the wedding ceremony between half past the hour and the top of the hour when the minute hand of the clock was traveling upward, so that the married couple would always be on an upward positive journey.

  
  

• Sources

  [S125] Family Bible - Candler Evans, Candler Galloway Evans. [S144] Book - Hiwassee Story, Robert L. Hilten, Appendix #14, Hiwassee Preachers. [S145] Ordination Tom Evans, (Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Cleveland, TN, 5 Oct 1913). [S139] Interview Hazlewood Turner, Hazlewood Calvin Turner, (4 Oct, 1987), 4 Oct 1897. [S91] Marriages Knox Co. TN, Roscoe Carlisle d'Armond and Virginia Carlisle d'Armond, (Family Record Society, Knoxville, TN, 1970).