Evelyn Mary Jamerson's Obituary
EVELYN MARY EDWARDS WAS BORN ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5, 1921 IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. SHE WAS THE 5TH OF 14 CHILDREN OF FOSTER L. EWARDS AND JOSEPHINE LASSERE EDWARDS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE AND GRADUATED FROM MACDONALD 35 IN 1940. AFTER ATTENDING FINISHING SCHOOL SHE TRAVELED AND LATER MARRIED. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OLD ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.
EVELYN MARRIED HIAWATHA JAMERSON OF AVON PARK, FLORIDA AND MOVED TO OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA IN 1945. THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THEM, ELEANOR, WILLIAM, AND GAYNELL.
IN 1950 SHE JOINED THE N.O.M.B.C. SHE SERVED IN SEVERAL POSITIONS, WHILE ATTENDING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SHE TAUGHT BIBLE CLASS #3. SHE BECAME GENERAL DIRECTOR OF VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL.
IN 1955 SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF QUEEN ESTHER #4, A SUBORDINATE CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR P.H.A., WHERE SHE SERVED IN MANY OFFICES, AND WAS SECRETARY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, RECEIVING THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD AND A LIFE MEMBERSHIP.
SHE RETIRED FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS LAB TECHNICIAN AFTER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SHE LOVED WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND WAS ACTIVE IN EVERY ORGANIZATION OR GROUP TO WHICH SHE BELONGED. HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE HER CHARITABLE WORKS, HUMANITARIAN AWARD, AND GIVING TO AND ASSISTING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE LEAVES TO CELEBRATE HER GOING HOME TO REST TWO DAUGHTERS ELEANOR JAMERSON (HIAWATHA) OF OAKLAND, CA, GAYNELL HICKERSON OF SACRAMENTO, CA, SON WILLIAM JAMERSON (WANDA) OF MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. GRANDSONS RACHAUDE CRAWFORD, CAMERON & KYLE HICKERSON, GRANDDAUGHTERS AVA & LEAH JAMERSON, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER IYSIS CRAWFORD, THREE GOD-CHILDREN DORTHY PAYTON, MERLIN EWARDS, KEITH GERMAINE. SIBLINGS FOUR SISTERS, VERNICE, MARION, YVONNE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. DOLORES OF OAKLAND, CA. THREE BROTHERS FREDDIE (MARYGOLD), OF TUCSON, AZ., EDGAR, NEW ORLEANS, LA., MERLIN (MARRISA) OF OAKLAND, CA. SIX SIBLINGS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH FOSTER, AMELIA, CLARENCE, FOSTER, WALTER, LEONARD.
MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS
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