Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Frances CRAVEN 
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[460]BirthFeb 28, 1917, Guilford County, North Carolina [460]
DeathOct 23, 1996, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina [460]
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina [460]
FatherSolomon Chester CRAVEN (1890-1964)
MotherDaisy Myrtle WHITESELL (1894-1970)
Spouses
MarriageSep 28, 1943 [460]
Children(Confidential, Female)
Obituary Online notes for Elizabeth Frances CRAVEN
HIGH POINT - Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Craven Evans, 79, a resident of Evergreens of High Point and a former resident of Jamestown, died Wednesday morning at the Evergreen's, after a period of declining health.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Friday in Sechrest Chapel on East Lexington Ave., conducted by the Rev. Jon Day. Burial will be in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and other times at the home of her daughter in Jamestown.
Mrs. Evans was born Feb. 28, 1917, in Guilford County, a daughter of Solomon Chester and Daisy Myrtle Whitesell Craven. A lifelong resident of Guilford County, she was a retired employee of Royals, Inc. She was a member of Eastern Hills Christian Church, now Peace Christian Church.
On Sept. 28, 1943, she married William Wilbert Evans, who died March 3, 1972.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Ellis and husband, Joe of 103 Jefferson Park Dr., Jamestown; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Marie Hofsess of Saddle Brook, N.J.; one sister, Mrs. Peggy Cook of High Point; six brothers, Emory Craven of Candor, Jack, Harvey, Chester C., Eugene and Charles Craven, all of High Point; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Thursday, October 24, 1996 [460]
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Friday in Sechrest Chapel on East Lexington Ave., conducted by the Rev. Jon Day. Burial will be in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and other times at the home of her daughter in Jamestown.
Mrs. Evans was born Feb. 28, 1917, in Guilford County, a daughter of Solomon Chester and Daisy Myrtle Whitesell Craven. A lifelong resident of Guilford County, she was a retired employee of Royals, Inc. She was a member of Eastern Hills Christian Church, now Peace Christian Church.
On Sept. 28, 1943, she married William Wilbert Evans, who died March 3, 1972.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Ellis and husband, Joe of 103 Jefferson Park Dr., Jamestown; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Marie Hofsess of Saddle Brook, N.J.; one sister, Mrs. Peggy Cook of High Point; six brothers, Emory Craven of Candor, Jack, Harvey, Chester C., Eugene and Charles Craven, all of High Point; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Thursday, October 24, 1996 [460]