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Portrait of Evelyn Lawrence Eure
In loving memory

Evelyn Lawrence Eure

June 14, 1927 – December 24, 1999
Lived 72 years
Life story

Born in Gates County, N.C., Evelyn Lawrence Eure was a retired nurses aide from Roanoke Chowan Hospital and a member of Creech Memorial Baptist Church in Ahoskie.

Evelyn loved her family including husband, Darden C. Eure; three daughters, Erlene Joyner of Aulander, Vicki Sharp of Burlington and Brenda Overton of Ahoskie; three sons, Raymond Felton, Bobby Askew and William Askew, all of Ahoskie; three sisters, Frances Asche of Colerain, Mattie Lea Boyce of Tyner and Nancy Brown of Gates-ville; three brothers, L.B. Lawrence Jr. of Suffolk, Bill Lawrence of Gatesville and Tom Lawrence of Laexa, Va. This also included many grandchildren and great children.

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1927
Born June 14
1929
Evelyn was 2 when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday
1939
Evelyn was 12 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1945
Evelyn was 18 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1951
Evelyn was 24 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Evelyn was 42 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1977
Evelyn was 50 when Elvis Presley died
1981
Evelyn was 54 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Evelyn was 71 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
1999
Passed away December 24, age 72
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