Built a memorial Chapel for his wife in the cemetery in 1968. The chapel and monuments were destroyed by vandals.∼His father, Henry Preston Evans changed his name to Henry Franklin Allen according to his military record stated by the Veterans Administration. He remarried after Sophia Cordelia Brown died, and his descendants from his second family all carry the Allen surname.
He has his name engraved on the monument to his wife Electa in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Calera, however there is no death date engraved and he remarried, so he may have changed his mind and was buried beside his wife Opal.
The Oklahoman Wed, June 16, 1993
EVANS Christian "Mark", age 96, of Moore, died June 14, 1993 at a local hospital. He was born May 6, 1897 in Calera, Ok. and lived in the OKC area about 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of WWI and while in the Navy played the Sousaphone with the John Philip Sousa Band. He was a principal and teacher for several years, received a Doctorate degree in education from the University of Oklahoma, and retired about 1963. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal; sister, Vera Ezell and brother, Pete Holman, and is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at the Bill Merritt South Chapel.
Interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens.
He has his name engraved on the monument to his wife Electa in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Calera, however there is no death date engraved and he remarried, so he may have changed his mind and was buried beside his wife Opal.
The Oklahoman Wed, June 16, 1993
EVANS Christian "Mark", age 96, of Moore, died June 14, 1993 at a local hospital. He was born May 6, 1897 in Calera, Ok. and lived in the OKC area about 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of WWI and while in the Navy played the Sousaphone with the John Philip Sousa Band. He was a principal and teacher for several years, received a Doctorate degree in education from the University of Oklahoma, and retired about 1963. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal; sister, Vera Ezell and brother, Pete Holman, and is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at the Bill Merritt South Chapel.
Interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens.
Built a memorial Chapel for his wife in the cemetery in 1968. The chapel and monuments were destroyed by vandals.∼His father, Henry Preston Evans changed his name to Henry Franklin Allen according to his military record stated by the Veterans Administration. He remarried after Sophia Cordelia Brown died, and his descendants from his second family all carry the Allen surname.
He has his name engraved on the monument to his wife Electa in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Calera, however there is no death date engraved and he remarried, so he may have changed his mind and was buried beside his wife Opal.
The Oklahoman Wed, June 16, 1993
EVANS Christian "Mark", age 96, of Moore, died June 14, 1993 at a local hospital. He was born May 6, 1897 in Calera, Ok. and lived in the OKC area about 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of WWI and while in the Navy played the Sousaphone with the John Philip Sousa Band. He was a principal and teacher for several years, received a Doctorate degree in education from the University of Oklahoma, and retired about 1963. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal; sister, Vera Ezell and brother, Pete Holman, and is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at the Bill Merritt South Chapel.
Interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens.
He has his name engraved on the monument to his wife Electa in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Calera, however there is no death date engraved and he remarried, so he may have changed his mind and was buried beside his wife Opal.
The Oklahoman Wed, June 16, 1993
EVANS Christian "Mark", age 96, of Moore, died June 14, 1993 at a local hospital. He was born May 6, 1897 in Calera, Ok. and lived in the OKC area about 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of WWI and while in the Navy played the Sousaphone with the John Philip Sousa Band. He was a principal and teacher for several years, received a Doctorate degree in education from the University of Oklahoma, and retired about 1963. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal; sister, Vera Ezell and brother, Pete Holman, and is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at the Bill Merritt South Chapel.
Interment in Resthaven Memory Gardens.
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