Roger Evans

jaxfam6 · #1 05-21-2008, 12:45 AM

For anyone who may be familiar with Bro Roger Evans in Florida, I heard he passed away the other day. For those of you that may not have known him he was an evangelist, pastor, and singer extrodinaire. You could hardly understand him sometimes when he was just talking but let him pick up a mic and start to sing or preach and he became as clear as could be.
Please keep his wife, family, and church family in your prayers.

Sister Alvear · #2 05-21-2008, 03:27 AM

yes, I received an e mail telling me about his passing. We are praying for his family and all there. I loved to hear him sing.

Steve Epley · #3 05-21-2008, 09:26 AM

The funeral will be next Thursday. He was a brilliant Bible teacher and a wonderful singer. His hairlip did not stop him.

Sister Alvear · #4 05-21-2008, 10:25 AM

You are so right about that Elder...He was awesome. My husband asked if he was AMF?

Barb · #5 05-21-2008, 02:55 PM

I am so very sorry to hear that...he preached a lot here back in the day. He had the sweetest little wife and a host of children as I recall.

Thank you for letting us know...

Steve Epley · #6 05-21-2008, 03:14 PM

No he has not been in the AMF since the 80's.

jaxfam6 · #7 05-21-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Barb

I am so very sorry to hear that...he preached a lot here back in the day. He had the sweetest little wife and a host of children as I recall.

Thank you for letting us know...

And those kids were as rotten ornery as he was. I loved it when he would come preach for us. He was the funniest man. I have so many stories of him and his kids. Dear God they kept us in stitches. most of his kids are older than me but they were as funny as was.

You are right the minute he picked up that mic and started singing or preaching you would not know he even had a hairlip. Talk to him one on one and it sure showed.

The song I remember most was 'Power in the pulpit and action in the pew' that was not the name I am sure but those words are the ones I remember most of the song.

He always called my older brother, Butterball. We had a bird and it learned to say 'Butterball' Just like Bro Evans. My brother hated that bird.

Barb · #8 05-23-2008, 11:46 AM

This info is second and third hand, but my mom's best friend in LA and said that Sis. Evans phoned her...

The funeral is next Thurs. as reported here as an autopsy is being performed to determine the exact cause of death.

jaxfam6 · #9 05-23-2008, 06:49 PM

I heard the same about the funeral. I had also been told he had a heart attack about a year ago and has been in poor health every since. He was a wonderful and will be missed.

Sister Alvear · #10 05-23-2008, 07:46 PM

Did he belong to an organization?