Tency Me Evans was born on December 19, 1935 in Uriah Alabama to the union of Willie Sam and Pearline Lett.  She attended school in Alabama.  When Tency was a teenager, she came to Cleveland Ohio to live with her sisters, and she was very happy to do so.  Tency said she wanted to be with her sisters every since they had moved to the city a few years prior, and she was so glad that her parents allowed her to go. 

Tency married Steven Robeson briefly and then married John A. Evans Sr. for life.  Her marriage to John continued until his death in November, 2023.  They were married for 58 years and raised 6 children together.  Tency had one biological son; Duane whom John adopted at a very young age and along with John’s five children, they became the Evans children.  All for one and one for all! 

 Tency was a wonderful seamstress as she worked at Richmond Brothers early in her career.  She made clothes for herself and her children through the years, teaching her step daughter everything she could about sewing.  Tency did not like the term step mother, so her step children called her Momma T.  She often said that her, John, Dot, and Leonard all raised the children together, and that was a true statement.  A blended family well before the Brady Bunch became a popular show on TV.  

 Tency and John spent many of their years together traveling all over the world.  She made a happy home for John and any of the children that lived with them throughout the years.  She made the best spaghetti and macaroni and cheese ever!  Her greens were fresh from her own garden, and she often cooked and froze her vegetables, and shared them with all of the family for many years.  She had the best tasting tomatoes and greens in the city. and her homemade bar be cue sauce was legendary!  

 Later, Tency became a daycare worker and a cook for those children.  She also began to focus more on her baking.  Her cakes and pies were out of this world, and that is no exaggeration.  I am sure some of us in attendance today has gained a few pounds consuming her scrumptious desserts, especially her pineapple coconut cake!   As Tency used to say, “Tastes so good make you wanna slap your momma!!”  She was definitely one of a kind, and she had many titles; a daughter, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a grandmother, a great grandmother, a great, great grandmother, a friend, a seamstress, a caretaker, a cooker-er, (what the children at the daycare would call her) and most importantly a Child of GOD! 

 In the final years of Tency’s life as she was dealing with Dementia, she would smile and laugh when family would visit with her, and her love of music remained in her heart. She was known to do her little dance right in her wheelchair when you played the right song.   It was the highlight of John’s Day when she did her dance, and now they are dancing together again. 

Tency went home to Glory on March 11, 2024 at 11:45 PM and just like when she was a teenager, I think she was glad to join her sisters who had all passed on before her.  She will be greatly missed and although we are sad upon her passing, we know that she is in Heaven with her son Duane, her husband John, her mother and father; Willie Sam and Pearline, her sisters; Willie G, Claybon and Tinnie Ruth, her brothers; Exodus, John, James, Sam and Titus, her grandson; Gemini and her great grandson; Chris, and all of her friends and loved ones that went on before her.  She is in her Perfect body with her Perfect mind, living in Perfect Paradise with Jesus the Christ; her Lord and Savior. 

 Tency leaves on Earth to mourn, her children; Jamil Hameed (Karen), Diane Evans, John Evans Jr., Ricky Evans Sr. (Diana) and Denise Evans-Lane (Victor).  Her son Duane Evans Sr. (Kari)rests with her in Heaven.  She leaves 30 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren 3 great, great grandchildren, daughter in laws, a son in law, a sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.  A legacy beyond words!  

 Tency will always be remembered in joy and laughter and love.  She would say to us when we were acting up, “Stop being a Kaleeka-leeka!!  Everyone that knew her, understood what it meant when she used that term, and when she did, if you didn’t stop that wrong behavior, trouble was sure to follow!!  

 Well, leaving all of that trouble down here, you rest with GOD Momma-T, and know that we love you and we will meet again in Eternity in GOD’S Time.