Article from unknown source with handwritten date of Mar 1960. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Cecil Vest Evans "Cecil Vest Evans, 67, lifelong farmer of northwest of Paris, died Friday morning at his farm home, after several months of serious illness following brain surgery at Columbia. His remains were brought to Paris to the Speed and Blakey Funeral Chapel, where services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with Rev. Paul Rathbun, Paris Christian pastor, officiating. Burial was in Walnut Grove cemetery in Paris. Evans was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James S. Evans and was born in the Granville vicinity, where he had spent his life. Surviving him are his widow, the former Miss Gladys Schmidt of Paris, one son, Cecil Evans of northwest of Paris, and two grandsons and other relatives." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562