Evelyn Stephens
Evelyn Roberta Stephens, 92, of Arlington, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Green Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center in Arlington. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Memoryland Memorial Park under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Goodwin officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 AM until service time, Tuesday at the funeral home.
Born in Marietta, Mississippi on December 20, 1921, Mrs. Stephens was the daughter of Robert Brown and Pearl Barfield Brown. She married George W. Stephens on April 8, 1944 in Hernando, Mississippi. She was a homemaker and member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Arlington.
Survivors include her sons, Phillip Wayne Stephens and wife, Barbara of Hideaway, Texas, James Rickey Stephens and wife, Rosemary of Spring, Texas and Dennis Gale Stephens of El Paso, Texas; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Stephens on February 26, 1996 and her daughter, Evelyn Diane Stephens on January 27, 2010.