Evelyn D. Davis was born in San Diego, California on August 13, 1945. She was the 6th child of eleven children born to Gladie Davis and Hattie Mae Jones Davis.
She was a graduate of San Diego High School and attended the Community College in San Diego.
Evelyn was an avid reader who loved both cooking and gardening. She was a retired employee of Presidio Components. There she produced high quality ceramic capacitors for space, military, microwave, fiber optic and custom applications.
She passed from this life on April 8, 2025, at her sister’s home in Arkadelphia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gladie Davis and Hattie Mae Jones Davis; two sisters, Geraldine Sanders and Annie Louise Perry and a brother, James E. Beard.
Evelyn leaves one son, William James Jones, III., of San Diego, CA, now Arkadelphia; two grandsons, Jaron James Jones (Monique) and their son, Jaronni Jaron Jones and Tyron James Jones all of Houston, TX; five sisters, Betty J. Helms of Arkadelphia, AR, Brenda K. Williams of Arkadelphia, AR, Clarice Davis of Arkadelphia, AR, and Frances J. Williams of Arkadelphia, AR; three brothers, Maurice (Mae) Davis of Arkadelphia, AR, Willie Davis of Arkadelphia, AR and Charlie Davis of Little Rock, AR; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Funeral services are under the direction of Williams Funeral Home in Arkadelphia.
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