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John Duncan Evans
July 22, 1938 — June 29, 2015
Rev. John Duncan Evans, III, MS MDiv, 76, of Charleston, South Carolina, husband of Vernelle "Nell" Peterson Evans, died Monday, June 29, 2015. His Funeral Service will be held Thursday, July 2, 2015 in The Chapel at Bishop Gadsden, 1 Bishop Gadsden Way, at 6:00 p.m. Interment will be July 3, 2015 at the family farm in Fletcher, NC. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 2, 2015 one hour prior to the service. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Downtown Chapel.
John was born July 22, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, son of the late John Duncan Evans, Jr. and the late Ida Virginia Evans. He attended Shady Side Academy, St. Paul's School, Harvard, Oxford, Pittsburgh Seminary and Drexel. Though he was from a family of privilege, after his second birth during his college years, he chose to follow his Lord and Master Jesus and live a life of service. John served as pastor of an inner city Philadelphia church with two congregations; Spanish and English and a church in Central PA where his two children were born. After serving as teacher and librarian at Manna Bible Institute in Philadelphia, John later organized a resource center, Kairos, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was involved in the Men's movement "Promise Keepers," supported missions and served as coordinator of Church volunteers doing community service work in Juarez, Mexico. Upon retirement he served as Pastoral Associate for Mission to the World and taught a weekly Bible Study in Spanish for inmates at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia.
In addition to his wife of 46 years, he is survived by his daughter, Faith Evans-Sills (Francis) of Mount Pleasant, SC; son, Dr. John Paul Evans (Louisa) of Marlow, England; sister, Margaret Evans Tuten; brother, David Courtney Evans; six grandchildren: Jasper, Carys and Griffin Sills and Beatrix, Freya and Jensen Evans; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials may be made to The City School (Christian Education for Urban youth) 860 North 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130.
John was born July 22, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, son of the late John Duncan Evans, Jr. and the late Ida Virginia Evans. He attended Shady Side Academy, St. Paul's School, Harvard, Oxford, Pittsburgh Seminary and Drexel. Though he was from a family of privilege, after his second birth during his college years, he chose to follow his Lord and Master Jesus and live a life of service. John served as pastor of an inner city Philadelphia church with two congregations; Spanish and English and a church in Central PA where his two children were born. After serving as teacher and librarian at Manna Bible Institute in Philadelphia, John later organized a resource center, Kairos, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was involved in the Men's movement "Promise Keepers," supported missions and served as coordinator of Church volunteers doing community service work in Juarez, Mexico. Upon retirement he served as Pastoral Associate for Mission to the World and taught a weekly Bible Study in Spanish for inmates at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia.
In addition to his wife of 46 years, he is survived by his daughter, Faith Evans-Sills (Francis) of Mount Pleasant, SC; son, Dr. John Paul Evans (Louisa) of Marlow, England; sister, Margaret Evans Tuten; brother, David Courtney Evans; six grandchildren: Jasper, Carys and Griffin Sills and Beatrix, Freya and Jensen Evans; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials may be made to The City School (Christian Education for Urban youth) 860 North 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130.
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