Linda Young Evans, 74, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, February 3, 2022, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Den Weniger and the Rev. Derrell Hampton officiating. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery in Ben Hill County, Georgia.
Mrs. Evans was born July 31, 1947, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late John Ezra & Ruby Bagley Young. She was a 1965 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and later attended South Georgia College. Mrs. Evans worked for Sears in Fitzgerald for 35 years. She enjoyed sewing and gardening. Mrs. Evans was an active member of Prospect Baptist Church where she was the church pianist for many years and worked with the youth teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.
She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Roberts Dennard; a son, David Alan Roberts; grandchildren: John Henry Roberts, Ty Dennard and Emma Jo Roberts; a brother, Kenny & Nancy Young and a sister, Connie & Derrell Hampton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands: Gerald Roberts and Wayne Evans; a son, Jerry Roberts and a brother, John Ezra “Johnny” Young, Jr.