Wilma Crowder Evans

Wilma Crowder Evans, 75, of Weaverville, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center. A native of Madison Co., she was a daughter of the late Herman and Effie Helen Fox Crowder. She was also preceded in death by sisters Alma Williams, Leota Brown, and Glennis Rice, and brother Roy Crowder. Ms. Evans worked for Vanderbilt Shirt Company and retired from Square D. She was a member of Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. Ms. Evans is survived by a daughter, Ashley Evans and her fiance Justin Luhm; special family friend Scott Cronin; sisters Ava Langford, Helen Quakenbush, Ruth Edmonds, and Ora Mae Laws; brother Walter Crowder; brother-in-law Jack Williams; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday at Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow at New Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Thursday at the church, and other times at the home of Eddie Crowder. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813, or to Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church, PO Box 1357, Candler, NC 28715. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. is assisting the family.