charlie lewis evans
1925-1926
Life Story
The Brief Life of Charlie Lewis Evans
Charlie Lewis Evans was born on October 25, 1925, in Mississippi, the son of Thomas Evans and Armanda Harris Evans.¹ He was born into the growing Evans family that would become associated with the rural communities of Newton and neighboring Neshoba counties.
Charlie’s life was tragically brief. On March 1, 1926, he died at Lawrence in Newton County at the age of only four months and five days. His Mississippi death certificate recorded the cause of death as influenza.¹
Charlie was buried the following day, March 2, 1926, in Lawrence.¹
A Child Between the Censuses
Charlie Lewis’s brief life is particularly important when reconstructing the children of Thomas and Mandy Evans.
He had not yet been born when the 1920 federal census was taken. By the time census takers returned in 1930, Charlie had been dead for four years. Consequently, he could never appear as a child in either enumeration.
Without his death certificate, his place in the family could easily have been overlooked.
His record therefore adds another known child to the family of Thomas and Mandy Harris Evans and preserves the name of a little boy whose entire life lasted only a few months.
Resting Place
Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Photos/Albums
Sources
- 1. Mississippi State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, certificate of death for Charlie Lewis Evans, Newton County, Mississippi, file no. 229, registration no. 9163, certificate no. 3028; born October 25, 1925, Mississippi; died March 1, 1926, Lawrence, Newton County, Mississippi, age four months and five days; father Thomas Evans; mother Mandy Harris; cause of death influenza; burial March 2, 1926.
- 2. Find a Grave, memorial for Charlie Lewis Evans (1925–1926), Union Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrence, Newton County, Mississippi; accessed 2026.
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