Evelyn Guy, 88, of Memphis died Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Childress.
Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at First Baptist Church Chapel in Memphis. Burial will follow at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Visitation will be held on Monday, March 25, 2018 at Robertson Funeral Directors in Memphis from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Evelyn was born April 23, 1929 in Carnegie, Oklahoma to Vernon Monroe and Jewel Scales Gordon. She married James Bryan “Jim” Guy on July 21, 1952 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was a teacher for 40 years prior to her retirement. She taught at Clarendon for 10 years, Pampa for 6 years, The Petrified Forest, Arizona for 2 years, and 22 years at Holbrook, Arizona. She had been a resident of Memphis since 1993 and was a member of the Delphian Club, Preservation Foundation, Atalantean Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and Texas Retired Teachers Association. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Memphis where she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and helped with the children’s choir.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband on November 13, 1996.
Survivors include her nephews, Ricky Guy of Amarillo, Rodney Guy of Memphis, and Jerry McCarty and wife Kay of Memphis; her sister in law, Hazel Guy of Clarendon; and her dear friend and caretaker, Orvilla Evans of Memphis.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be sent to the First Baptist Church in Memphis.
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