Evans - Raymond O.
RAYMOND O. EVANS
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, February 11, 1970
Raymond O. Evans, 62, a lawyer here for 37 years, former Crawfordsville city attorney and county prosecutor, died Wednesday morning at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. He had been critically ill since being stricken 11 days ago. The Evans residence is at 620 Sugar Tree Road. Mr. Evans opened his office here for the practice of law on Jan. 10, 1933, the day of Crawfordsville's disastrous downtown fire. His office was completely destroyed before he had an opportunity to use it. However, he promptly opened another office and had been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession here since that time. Born Jan. 4, 1908, at Rosedale, Ind., Mr. Evans was the son of Dr. E. A. and Clora Connerly Evans. He was married Dec. 16, 1933, at Crawfordsville, to Caroline Gauld. Mr. Evans completed his high school studies in Clinton in 1925 and was graduated from DePauw University with the class of 1929. He then entered Indiana University's school of law and was awarded his law degree in 1932. Mr. Evans was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1953. The deceased was a past president of the West Central Indiana Bar Association and a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association and the Indiana Bar Association. He also belonged to Montgomery Lodge No. 50, F & AM; the Crawfordsville Elks Lodge; Sigma Nu social fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Mr. Evans was active in the Red Cross for many years and had served as chairman of the Montgomery County chapter He also was a past president of the Montgomery County Tuberculosis Association and Durham Home, Inc. Mr. Evans was a member of the Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church and had served on the church's Board of Elders. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Blair (Melinda) Radford of Northbrook, Ill.; a son, Thomas W. Evans of Huntington Beach, Calif., and seven grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hunt and Son Funeral Home with Rev Larimore K. Wickett officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday. - jlr