Evelyn Everett

Evelyn Ireen (Geise) Everett, 89, of Sherwood and formerly of Bald Knob, went to be with the Lord Monday, June 7, 2010. She was born January 18, 1921 in Benson, Minnesota a daughter of the late Emil and Emma Bolter Geise. Evelyn was a long time member of the Central Baptist Church in Bald Knob where she was very active as long as health permitted. At an early age, she answered an ad in the Minneapolis Tribune for a school called the Electric, Radio and Television Institute. There she learned Air Line Reservations, Morse Telegraphy and Radio Electronics. She put her knowledge to use after being hired by MoPac Railroad and received her training in Beebe. After 13 months she was sent to Newport where she worked a division from Newport to Memphis by phone and a division from Newport to Cotter by telegraph. She has worked in North Little Rock, Hope, and Clear Lake Junction as well as Kensett where she was involved in passenger travel. During her career, she experienced many changes in the railroad industry, seeing things change from telephone and telegraph to computers. She served two terms as the Bald Knob Business and Professional Womens Club and had been honored by the Bald Knob Chamber of Commerce for her volunteerism. She was a devoted Christian and a truly caring woman. She is survived by her caregivers; niece, Yolanda Everett Platt and her husband Skip of Sherwood; step-daughters, Shirley New of California and Valeska McHugh of Texas; brother, Emil Geise of Minnesota, Donald Geise of Illinois and Bernard Geise of Arizona; sister, Louise Geise Nath of Iowa; 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren as well as many nieces, nephews and a host of loving friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie Lee Everett; foster-parents, Julius and Harold Luckow; step-son, Tom Keller; 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Visitation will be on Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. Services will be Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Paul Reams officiating. Private interment will be held at the Blue Springs Cemetery at Newark by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.