Evelyn Shaw Waldrep

Evelyn Shaw Waldrep, 89, of Flovilla, GA, formerly of Dawsonville, passed away Thursday October 12, 2017 at Dream Catcher following a period of declining health.

Born October 31, 1927 in Ozark, Alabama to the late Jim Bob and Connie Pearl Carr, she moved to Dawson County in 1984 and lived here until moving to Flovilla 8 years ago.  A homemaker at her death, Mrs. Waldrep volunteered at Northeast Georgia Medical Center for many years.  Evelyn was a wonderful mother and enjoyed her friends.  She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Ellis Lee Shaw and Earl D. Waldrep; daughter, Dianna Lynn Clark; son, Darrell Dane Clark; and two grandsons.

Surviving are her daughters and sons in law, Janice Lee Andrew, Milwaukie, OR, Patricia Anne Beaver, Forest Lake, MN, Sharon Sue and Kevin Forner, St. Paul, MN, Dixie Lane and William “Bill” Thomas, Sr., Flovilla, GA; 6 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 7 great great grandchildren; brothers, James Carr, Paul Carr, Florida; and a number of other relatives.

Funeral services will be Sunday October 15, 2017 at 3 o’clock at Bearden Funeral Home Chapel.  Dr. David Sanders will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 1 until 3 at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed at www.beardenfuneralhome.com.

Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville, GA.