Obituary of Ruby Evans

Funeral services for Ruby Leighton Scates Evans will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, in the Cottle Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Sherman Mayfield officiating. Burial will be in Pinecrest Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died Saturday, September 30, 2006 in Port Arthur. She was born September 15, 1908 in Troup to the late G.C. and Alice P. Ethridge Scates and was the ninth of ten children. She had resided in the Troup and the Bell Community area most all her life. She married Herman R. Evans June 25, 1927 and worked as a sales clerk in Troup. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Anahuac. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Herman R. Evans May 13, 1994. She was also preceded by six sisters and two brothers. he is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph L. and Mary Ann Evans of Anahuac; a daughter, Patsy Smith, Nederland; a sister, Lucille Fitch, Longview; four grandchildren and their spouses, Kathy and Gordon Hawkins, Scottsdale, Arizona, David and Becky Evans, Anahuac, Scott and Anita Smith, Nederland, and Andy and Tammie Evans, Tatum; nine great grandchildren, Todd Higbie & Kim Higbie, both of Austin, Nicki Evans and Meagan Evans, both of Anahuac, Lauren Pinder, Nederland, Colby Smith, U.S. Navy, Travis Smith, Coppell, and Scott Evans and Jaxon Evans, both of Tatum. Pallbearers will be Gordon Hawkins, Donald Martin, Todd Higbie, Andy Evans, Scott Evans, and David Evans. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 2, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 935 State Hwy 135 S., Troup, TX 75789.