Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries




[Submitted by Judy Purcell on 22 May 2006.]

Fairfield Recorder - Friday 13 Jul 1923 edition:

[This is Mr. Sidney Johnson Evans b 15 Aug 1862 at Butler, d 07 Jul 1923,
buried at Antioch Cemetery (near Turlington).  He was the son of Thomas T.
Evans and Tamzey Burgess.]

FREESTONE CITIZEN DIES IN ELLIS CO.  
 
Mr. Sid Evans, aged 61, an old resident of Freestone County, died last Saturday
at home of his daughter, Mrs. Lott Penrod, at Crisp, in Ellis County, where Mr.
Evans was visiting.  He had been in bad health several years.  His remains were
brought here and interred in  Antioch cemetery, near Turlington.  

Mr. Evans is survived by the following children:  Mrs. Lott Penrod, of Ellis
Co., Mrs. June Jackson, Turner, Browne and Walter Evans, and two little girls,
of this immediate section.  

Mr. Penrod requests us to extend in behalf of the family, their hearty
appreciation of the interest and assistance rendered by the good people of
Turlington and Mt. Zion.