Fred Marshall Evans

Funeral services for Mr. Fred Marshall Evans will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Magee. Mr. Evans, age 83, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019 at St. Dominic Hospital  in Jackson.  Dr. Mims Roberts will officiate and interment will be in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Saulters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Matt Hotard, Sawyer Smith, Tyler Thompson, Kyle Leonard, Bret Leonard and Jon Tucker Evans. Fred Marshall Evans was born on February 23, 1936 in Jefferson Davis County to Dannie Wayne Evans and Lena Ashcroft Evans. After proudly serving his country in the U.S. Air Force, he became a planner in the wood industry for International paper and retired from Georgia Pacific. He attended First Baptist Church in Richland. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; his first wife, Nell H. Evans; two brothers, Granville Evans and James Lewis Evans. Mr. Evans is survived by his wife, Nyonia R. Evans of Richland; one daughter, Teresa Dunn (Kevin) of Kenner, LA; one son, Fred Michael Evans (Karen) of Madison; three grandchildren, Amy Elizabeth Hotard, Mary Michael Evans and Jonathan Tucker Evans; two great grandchildren, Merritt Hotard and Madelyn Hotard; three step children, Tammy Thompson (Viktor) of Brookhaven, Sherry Leonard of Anna, TX and Mark Roberts (Kellie) of Florence; six step grandchildren, Tyler Thompson, Kori Smith, Jennifer Roberts, Amanda Roberts, Kyle Leonard and Bret Leonard; four step great grandchildren, Mattie Thompson, Macie Thompson, Merritt Thompson and Hannah Smith. Visitation will be Wednesday April 10, 2019 from 5:00pm until 8:00 pm at Saulters Funeral Home. Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com