Funeral Thursday For Lewis G. Evers

Funeral services for Lewis G. Evers, 62, who passed away Tuesday 
morning at Northern Inyo hospital were scheduled for Thursday, 
Jan. 19, at 2 p. m. at the Blake Funeral Chapel.  Rev. Laing 
Sibbet of Bishop Presbyterian church was to officiate, and 
graveside services were to be handled by the Odd Fellows lodge, 
of which he was a member.

Mr. Evers had been in ill health the past year, and death was 
attributed to cancer.

Born in Van Wet, Ohio, June 2, 1887, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Milton B. Evers, he was educated in Ohio.  The Evers family 
moved from the East to Redondo Beach in 1920, and in 1922 moved 
to Bishop.  He worked first as a barber in the Dick Eldred barber 
shop where Black’s store is now located at the corner of West 
Line and Main Sts.  Later he had his own shop, the Valley barber 
shop, on East Line St.  He also had engaged in the insurance 
business for many years.

He was a member of the Bishop Elks lodge, as well as the local 
Odd Fellows lodge, serving at one time as deputy district grand 
master of the latter organization.

He had been most active in the Goodfellows club, serving as 
secretary for many years, and on several occasions enacting the 
Santa Claus role for Bishop area children.

Surviving are his wife, Martha S. Evers; two sons, Lloyd of San 
Gabriel and Newton of Bishop; a daughter, Mrs. A. C. Langbridge 
of San Diego; his mother, Mrs. Ione Watt of Inglewood; a brother, 
A. D. Evers of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Isabel Gurley of 
Honolulu and Mrs. Chas. Redding of Concord, Calif.; and three 
grandchildren, Barbara, David and Edwin Evers, all of Bishop.

A story on the funeral services will appear next week.

The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, January 19, 1950

Transcribed by Denise S. Flynn