Evelyn grew up in a time long forgotten. She was the daughter of a sharecropper living in the rural farm lands that supported her family. She was picking cotton and peas from a young age of eight. ‘Life was hard and work was harder’ is something she used to say. She worked at the Lone Star Ammunition plant next to the Red River Army Depot during World War II. Shortly after the war she and her husband, Lloyd Witt, moved to Dallas with their daughter, Cynthia Ann. Evelyn was a resilient woman. After her first marriage ended, she persevered and was a trailblazer for working women in the 1950’s through the 1980’s. She championed for single working women through her activities in the Oak Cliff chapter of American Business Women Association and worked at many places in the Dallas area, even owning her own janitorial cleaning company that she and her second husband, Bill Wade managed together.
Evelyn was the sister to Johnny Spencer; Viva Mae Spencer; Harvie Dee Carpenter, Everett Spencer, and Charles Spencer. They all grew up in and near the Naples/Omaha communities. After World War II, she moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She stayed in the DFW area till 1997 when she moved to Lake O’ the Pines. In 2003, she moved to Longview to live with her grandson and his family.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter Cynthia Ann Witt Brown, both parents, all of her siblings and her husbands, Lloyd Witt and William Wade.
Evelyn was the sister to Johnny Spencer; Viva Mae Spencer; Harvie Dee Carpenter, Everett Spencer, and Charles Spencer. They all grew up in and near the Naples/Omaha communities. After World War II, she moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She stayed in the DFW area till 1997 when she moved to Lake O’ the Pines. In 2003, she moved to Longview to live with her grandson and his family.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter Cynthia Ann Witt Brown, both parents, all of her siblings and her husbands, Lloyd Witt and William Wade.
Evelyn grew up in a time long forgotten. She was the daughter of a sharecropper living in the rural farm lands that supported her family. She was picking cotton and peas from a young age of eight. ‘Life was hard and work was harder’ is something she used to say. She worked at the Lone Star Ammunition plant next to the Red River Army Depot during World War II. Shortly after the war she and her husband, Lloyd Witt, moved to Dallas with their daughter, Cynthia Ann. Evelyn was a resilient woman. After her first marriage ended, she persevered and was a trailblazer for working women in the 1950’s through the 1980’s. She championed for single working women through her activities in the Oak Cliff chapter of American Business Women Association and worked at many places in the Dallas area, even owning her own janitorial cleaning company that she and her second husband, Bill Wade managed together.
Evelyn was the sister to Johnny Spencer; Viva Mae Spencer; Harvie Dee Carpenter, Everett Spencer, and Charles Spencer. They all grew up in and near the Naples/Omaha communities. After World War II, she moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She stayed in the DFW area till 1997 when she moved to Lake O’ the Pines. In 2003, she moved to Longview to live with her grandson and his family.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter Cynthia Ann Witt Brown, both parents, all of her siblings and her husbands, Lloyd Witt and William Wade.
Evelyn was the sister to Johnny Spencer; Viva Mae Spencer; Harvie Dee Carpenter, Everett Spencer, and Charles Spencer. They all grew up in and near the Naples/Omaha communities. After World War II, she moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She stayed in the DFW area till 1997 when she moved to Lake O’ the Pines. In 2003, she moved to Longview to live with her grandson and his family.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter Cynthia Ann Witt Brown, both parents, all of her siblings and her husbands, Lloyd Witt and William Wade.
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