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Evon Davis (Harris) - Class Of 1969 VIEW PROFILE

Evon Davis (Harris)

Information from Sue Anderson Straw  12/11/2017 

Evon Atkins Harris

Dec. 16, 1951 - Jan. 2, 2014
 

SOUTH BEND - Evon Atkins Harris "Cookie Newbill" departed this life at 6:10 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at her residence on South Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, passed away at the age of 62.

Evon was born to Harrison and Bernice (Newbill) Davis in South Bend, Indiana on December 16, 1951. She was reared in South Bend and graduated from Central High School, also attending IUSB for two years. In 1980, Evon left South Bend and resided in Dallas, Texas, where she and Karl Harris were married. Evon also lived in Decatur, Georgia. She returned to South Bend in 1994. In 2009, Evon retired from the United States Post Office.

In addition she worked alongside of well-known artists such as Al Green and Curtis Mayfield. She especially loved to sing and she is well-known in the Michiana area for her great talent of song.

Ms. Harris has left a family of one daughter, Elvonna Atkins, Morgantown, West Virginia; a son, Elquebi Atkins, South Bend, Indiana; sisters, Darlene Sanders, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Veda Richmond, Antioch, Tennessee, and Tamango Crockett, Goshen, Indiana; stepsisters, Debra Wilborn and Michelle Bry, both of Georgia; brothers, Harrison Davis Jr., Chicago, Illinois, Willie (Evelyn) Davis Sr., South Bend, Indiana, and Robert (Maria) Crockett, Elkhart, Indiana; stepbrothers, William (Michelle) Crockett and Barry (Joan) Crockett, South Bend, Indiana, and Darryl (Tracy Collins) Crockett, Schererville, Indiana; along with other relatives and friends. Family members who preceded her in death include her parents, Harrison and Bernice Davis; her husband, Karl Harris; and a sister, Bonnie Davis Ross.

Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014, at Pentecostal Cathedral Church of God in Christ. Alford's Mortuary has been entrusted with arrangements. To leave an online condolence, please visit our webpage at www.alfordsmortuaryinc.com.

.Published in South Bend Tribune on Jan. 8, 2014.

 

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