Evyon H. Everett

Evyon Hope Everett passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 19th, in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 89. Evyon Hope Peele was born on April 7, 1928, in Ahoskie, North Carolina, and raised by Parthenia and George Lewis Bunch. "Hope," as she is affectionately known, grew up alongside her three siblings in the harsh, post slavery south, at the onset of the Great Depression. Deep-rooted bonds shared with her grandparents, Susan and Henry Peele, helped to shape Hope into a helper at home and a beacon of light to everyone in her family. Hope married Doyle Everest in 1944, and they migrated north with their three children to Baltimore, Maryland in 1952. They would thrive for over 38 years in Baltimore, raising their growing family and creating opportunity for themselves and others. The couple returned to Aulander, North Carolina in 1990, and resided at 101 E. Pearl Street for 25 years. They demonstrated their dedication to service by establishing the Everett Family Care Home, which provided residents a dignified place to retire and live out their final days in the comfort of "family." Hope adored math, science and nature. She relished in nursing her flowers daily: bright begonias and busting, blue hydrangeas. She carefully cooked and cooled homemade nectar for hummingbirds and delighted in their daily visits. She loved catching glimpses of fleeting red cardinals frequenting her pecan trees. This stewardship accented Hope's brand of kindness, one that reached far beyond people, because it was rooted in a LOVE of the Spirit. Many will remember Hope as a talented seamstress, who created beautiful garments for friends and family. Most of us remember her unrivaled word search skills; her engineer-like mind was built for tackling puzzles and problems solving. But everybody knows, Hope could cook! Canned preserves, signature pickles, and meals that nourished mind and body were her carefully crafted medicines. True soul food. Just one slice of Hope's Coconut Pineapple cake, and the entire world would spin right again. It wasn't just the taste, it was the presentation and genuine love invested into each dish that gave Hope's cooking the power to heal and inspire Joy. Hope's loving spirit always welcomed and nurtured those seeking shelter, a hot meal, or wise counsel. She will forever be our blue-eyed beauty, our mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, confidant,protector, and most of all ... our friend. Hope is survived by her loving children, Peggy, Ethenia, Dinah, Edna, and Maureen sisters-in-law, Rosa and Matilda; 12 grandchildren, Reginald, Kennith, Jason, Scott, Mark, Ethenia, Justin, Michael, Samuel, LaQuasia, Imari, Destiny; 14 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great grandchildren daughter-in-law, Gail Everett and sons-in-law, Willie Moody and Robert Wells. Hope is preceded in death by her loving husband Doyle Everett; brothers, James and Lewis Earl; sister, Bernice; her dear sons, Michael and Thomas; and son-in-law, Martel Whye.

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Evyon H. Everett

April 7, 1928 - September 19, 2017