Mrs. Mattie Evans of 2328 Sherry Circle entered into rest Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at a local health care facility.

Mrs. Mattie Evans will lie in state in Vaughn Chapel Baptist Church from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral services Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Interment will follow in West View Cemetery.

Survivors include her stepson, Mr. Robert Evans of California; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Clyde Lawson, Mrs. Veola Milton, Mrs. Gloria McDowell, all of Milledgeville, and Mrs. Julia Ward of Mississippi; three brothers, Mr. William McDowell, Mr. Ernest McDowell and Mr. Varry McDowell, all of Milledgeville; 12 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives.

Friends may visit the family at the home of Deacon and Mrs. Matthew and Annie Lawson, 106 Harris Drive NE, Milledgeville.

Slater’s Funeral Home Inc. has charge of arrangements.