June 24, 1930 - February 15, 2022
Samuel F. Evans of Melrose, FL, born June 24, 1930, died after a long illness, on February 15, 2022. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma to the late Wilfred W. and Lillian Mehew Evans. He served in the US Air Force and is a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He attended school at the University of Oklahoma and is a graduate of the School of Business Administration and moved to Gainesville, Florida to attend the University of Florida College of Architecture. He practiced Architecture until a week before his death in Melrose, Gainesville, Winter Park and Jacksonville, Florida and held various positions with Evans, McVoy and Associates, Architects; Reynolds, Smith, & Hills, Architects; Duval County School Board Architect; Offshore Power Systems Facilities Architect and T. C. Skinner and Associates, Architects. He also practiced until a week before his passing through his own firm of Sam F. Evans, Architect LLC. He was a faithful believer in Jesus Christ and was a member of Community Church of Keystone Heights.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Sandra Lyons of Melrose, FL. His children include sons Ryan and wife Anette Lyons-Evans of Boca Raton, David Evans and wife, Cricket of Longwood, FL, Mark Evans and wife , Joanne of Weeki Wachee, John Evans and wife, Sheila of Gibsonton, daughters Lynn Evans Gray and husband, Geoff of St. Augustine, and Rebecca Lyons-Evans of Melrose, FL. Grandchildren include: Lauren Nidositko(John), Danielle Neuhaus(Monty), Elizabeth Gray (Gregory Scott), Jennifer Evans, Sienna and Elliot Lyons-Evans and Donald Joseph Evans (DJ). He leaves behind 5 great grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren and a sister, Sally Baker of Tulsa, OK.
A Celebration of Life will be held for close friends and family members at his Swan Lake home on a date to be determined in March . Contact the Community Church of Keystone Heights for the details. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to World Harvest Missions Outreach, Inc, PO Box 6462, Lake Worth, FL 33466 , Community Church of Keystone Heights, Missions Fund, PO Box 722, Keystone Heights, FL 32656 or Lake Swan Camp, 647 State Road 26, Melrose, FL 32666.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
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