Mr. Jerry Wayne Evans, 60 of Resaca, Georgia,  departed this life Thursday evening, December 13, 2018 at the Redmond Medical Center in Rome, Georgia surrounded by his loving family.

Jerry was born on September 30, 1958 in Jackson County, Alabama, a son of the late Jack Wilson and Velma Lee Wooten Evans.  Prior to becoming unable to work, Jerry had worked at Southern Yarn Dyers in Cartersville, Georgia for seven years.  Jerry loved to listen to and sing old country music.  He was also an avid fisherman and loved his family dearly.

Along with his parents he was also preceded in death by his brother, Billy Jack Evans; his brothers-in-law, Richard "Pickle" Dixon and Bud Wilson.

Jerry is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly Ann and Josh Sims of Spring City, Tennessee; sons, Scott and Laura Ray, and Jason Evans all of Calhoun, Georgia; his girlfriend of fourteen years, Ella Mullins of Resaca, Georgia; grandsons, Gabriel Pack and Jacob Sims, and many more that referred to him as "Paw-Paw Jerry" ; sisters, Vanessa Dixon of Calhoun, Georgia, Linda Wilson of Resaca, Georgia, and Lynn Wooten of Alabama; the mother of his children, Barbara Evans of Calhoun, Georgia; special friends, Mike Morrow of Subligna, Georgia, and Randall Rogers of Ranger, Georgia;  several other family members and friends also survive.

A service to celebrate the life of Mr. Jerry Evans will be held on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. from the Ponders Calhoun Chapel with Reverend Terry Timms officiating.  He will be laid to rest at the Sugar Valley Baptist Church Cemetery with Scott Ray, Randy Lynch, Mike Morrow, Kenny Maule, Wayne McBrayer, and Richard Beasley honored to serve as pallbearers. His two special grandsons, Gabriel pack and Jacob Sims will serve as an honorary escort for their Paw-Paw Jerry.

The Evans family will receive friends on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 11:00 A.M. until the service hour of 2:00 P.M. at the Ponders Calhoun Chapel.

Condolences may be expressed to Jerry's family by visiting our website at www.pondersfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by independently owned and operated Calhoun Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home "Funerals, Cremations, Cemeteries, Florists", Hwy 41 North, Calhoun, Georgia.  706-625-7577

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