Hester Evans

Hester Bingham Evans, 84, entered into rest February 23, 2010 at Mission St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. She had been a resident of Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home for the past 6 years. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie C. Bingham and Grace Townsend Bingham Lackey. Mrs. Evans was preceded in death by both her parents; her son, Lance Corporal Roger W. Overstreet; her first husband, Silas Overstreet, and her husband, Billy E. Evans; and a granddaughter, Dianne Yourkonis. She is survived by her daughter, Frankie Jewell Overstreet, of Sylva, North Carolina; two brothers, Rev. Thomas A. Bingham and Elizabeth Moore Bingham of Forrest Home, Alabama; and Command Sergeant Major Ret. Wiley C. Bingham and Chong Bingham; one step-sister, Loreane Hinson, of Blairsville, Georgia; three step-sons: Malcolm Evans of Griffin, Georgia; Walter Evans and Becky Evans; and Rodney Darnell Evans and Faye Evans, all of Jacksonville, Florida. She also has many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren, and one great grandchild, Raven Yourkonis, of Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Evans was a native of Blairsville where she returned to live after retiring from work in 1986. She was a member of New Union Baptist Church in Blairsville. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. Thomas A. Bingham. Pallbearers will be Dennis Bingham, Thomas A. Bingham, Jr., Darnell Evans, Walter Evans, Kenneth West, and Brady Lindsey. Cochran Funeral Home in Blairsville will be in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be Friday afternoon from 2 until 9 p.m., and Saturday morning before the funeral in Cochran Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m., on February 27, 2010. Interment will be in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery on Jones Creek Road in Blairsville.