Graveside services for Kenneth Lawrence Evans were held 4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Evergreen Perpetual Care Cemetery directed by Cooper Funeral Home.
Visitation was held 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Cooper Funeral Home.
Mr. Evans, 65, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 from an illness, surrounded by his loving family and friends.
Born in Florence, SC, September 16, 1952, he was the son of the late Coley L. Evans and Ruby Mae Stone Evans. He was a Maintenance Superintendent over electrical at Talley Metals for twenty years. After leaving the mill he became a Residential Contractor where he was respected by workers, suppliers, and customers. Ken’s hobbies were researching, golfing, fishing, watching nascar and and every aspect of gokart racing. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and mentor. He graduated from Dillon High School in 1970, and he continued his education for an Electronic Engineering Degree.
Survivors include his wife of 47 happy years, Sandra Blackmon Evans of Darlington; son, Keith L. Evans (Jessica) of North Myrtle Beach; grandchildren, Chandler K. Evans and Coley K. Evans; sisters and brothers, Kathleen Berry, Ora Lee Flowers, Ellen Rouse, all of Hamer, G.L. Evans (Joyce) of Florence, Ray Evans (Diana), and Alinda Craig (Jerry) both of Hamer; many great sisters-in-laws, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Mr. Evans was preceded in death by his sister, Hesteen Jackson.