James Evans Jr.

Date of notice: July 1, 2025

STARKVILLE — James Hicks Evans Sr., 82, died June 24, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Blackjack M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Fox Cemetery. Visitation is from 1-6 p.m. Wednesday at West Memorial Funeral Home. West Memorial Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Thelma Evans of Starkville; children, Stacy Young, Carolette Evans and James Evans Jr., all of Starkville; siblings, Lodina Peterson of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jessie Evans of Starkville; and four grandchildren.

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