After a valiant battle with cancer, Elaine Evans entered the Gates of Heaven on September 20th, 2024 surrounded by her family. She was born on May 29th, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois.  The family moved to Dallas Texas when Elaine was three years old.  She graduated from Adamson High School in Dallas and obtained Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Education from Texas A&M Commerce.  She was a public school teacher for 26 years.  She began her career in Anna, TX and also taught in Dallas and Mesquite.  She also owned Rosemark Employment Service for five years.

She was married to the love of her life, Joe Wayne Evans, for 29 years before his untimely passing in 1996.  They had three children, Jonathan, Joseph, and Laura. After retirement, Elaine enjoyed spending time at the Senior Citizens center playing dominoes and cards with her friends. In fact, she was sure to teach all of her grandchildren how to play her favorite card games.  She was an official mentor to several young ladies at church and she was a member of the Red Hat Society.  She loved to travel, especially her trip to Israel.  At the age of 57, she completed the Mayor's Midnight Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska.  Elaine never met a stranger. She was an evangelist at heart, always desiring to share God's love with others.  She was a wonderful mother, always devoted to her children.  All of her grandchildren and great grandchildren understood how much she loved and cared for each of them.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Olen Price Sr. and Nancy Clarice Price, her brother, Fred Olen Price Jr., and husband Joe Wayne Evans.  She is survived by her sister Joyce Whitmire of Rockwall, Texas, brother A.C. "Sonny" Price and his wife Mike of Forreston, Texas and her sister-in-law, Patricia Price of Godley, Texas, son Jonathan  Evans of Tawakoni, Texas, son Joseph A. Evans (Tiffany) of Waco, Texas, daughter, Laura (Michael) Ekhator of Rockwall, Texas, grandchildren Rebecca and Kevin Evans, Amanda Bodiford, Jason and Jeffery Snow, Sarah and Joshua Ekhator, Isabella Evans, seven great-grandchildren, one great-great-gandchild.

A celebration of Life will be held on September 25th, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Williams Funeral Directors, 1600 S. Garland Avenue, Garland, Texas.

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."  John 14:1-3