Mother Ruth

L Evans

Celebration of Life

Mother Ruth L. Evans

Mother Ruth L. Evans was born on May 12, 1928 to Moses and Louise Thomas in Norfolk County Virginia.  She was educated in the public schools in Norfolk County.

"Mother Ruth "or "Ms. Ruth," as her friends and neighbors affectionately called her, resided in Harlem, New York between Lenox and 5 ^th Avenues for over 50 years. After arriving in New York, Mother Ruth worked in her cousins' restaurant in Brooklyn for a while. Later she was employed at Key Food Supermarket on Lenox Avenue in Harlem for more than 20 years and retired from there.

Mother Ruth loved cooking and baking. Everyone that she could reach out to was invited to her grand Thanksgiving dinner. She was an excellent cook and an excellent baker. She loved sharing her recipes with her daughters-in-law to make certain her sons were getting good home-cooked meals. Her favorite shared recipes were candied yams, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and a mouth-watering pound cake from scratch.

She made it a habit to decorate the window leading to the fire escape every Christmas. Any person who rode down her block in December would be attracted to Mother Ruth's beautiful decoration of blinking colorful lights.  She often won the prize for the best decorated fire escape.

Mother Ruth was a member of New Beginning by Faith Ministries in Harlem, New York where she enjoyed attending two services almost every Sunday and fellowshipping with all in attendance. She often talked about Pastor Charlotte Holly's wonderful sermons, her excellent singing and organ playing. It was always her desire to attend the annual Women's Breakfast at Community Baptist Church in Englewood, NJ and participate in the hat parade, where her oldest son Paul is a Deacon

On Tuesday, February 23, at Amsterdam Nursing Home our Lord and Savior called Mother  Ruth to eternal rest.

Mother Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Moses and Louise Thomas; son, Charles Evans; daughters, Alice Thomas and Shelda Evans Saunders; and grandson, Moses Evans.

She leaves to cherish her memory, sons, Paul Thomas (Trinidell) BX, NY, Leslie Maurice Evans, Manhattan, NY; Carlton Evans, (Gale) Fishkill, NY; Eugene Evans, (Sylvia) Charleston, SC; nineteen grandchildren, Gwinette Thomas, Betty Thomas, Aaron Thomas, Paul Thomas, Jr., Patrick Thomas, Carlton Evans, Shawnte Manning-Grant, Shawn Manning. Charles Evans, Tamika Evans, Tobias Evans, Karla Davis, Quame Patterson, Yvonne Johnson, Karress Evans;

Martin Evans, Malcolm Evans, Terry Richburg, Tyquan Richburg; and thirty-six great-grandchildren eight great- great grandchildren, and a host of other loving relatives and friends.

Mother Ruth was a loving and caring mother to all her children and to all who knew her.  She also loved Rodney and Tressy Armanie and their two young sons Kendall and Quintin.