[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO MR. GEORGE TIMOTHY EVANS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 2011

  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor the life 
and labor of Mr. George Timothy Evans who made his heavenly transition 
on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the age of 92. For 27 years, Mr. Evans 
served admirably as a Court Bailiff for the Illinois Appellate Court 
and the Illinois Supreme Court. A native of Arkansas, Mr. Evans 
attended Langston High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he played 
football with former Illinois Appellate Court Justice Glenn T. Johnson, 
the second African-American to serve on the Illinois Appellate Court, 
sparking a close friendship that would be rekindled when they both 
ultimately moved to Chicago.
  Mr. Evans met his wife of more than 60 years, Tiny Marie Evans, who 
preceded him in death, at the Bethel AME Church in Malvern, Arkansas 
and was united in holy matrimony on June 2, 1942. To this union was 
born a son, Timothy C. Evans, the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of 
Cook County, and the first African-American to hold this office and a 
daughter, Sandra Marie (Evans) Johnson. They relocated to Chicago in 
1957, at a time when Arkansas was the epicenter of bitter school 
integration battles, to seek better opportunities in the North.
  Mr. Evans served faithfully as a member of the Greater Institutional 
AME Church on the south side of Chicago. He was an outstanding and 
devoted servant of God, who dedicated his life towards making a 
difference in the lives of all people. Mr. Evans was a shining example 
of how God can use us to help make this world a better place.
  Mr. Speaker, I am appreciative of the life and legacy of Mr. George 
T. Evans and I want to encourage his family, his sons Chief Judge 
Timothy Evans and George Evans, daughter Sandra Johnson, sister-in-law 
Hazel Bailey, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and his many 
friends to always remember to look to the hills from which comes all of 
their help. I am honored to pay tribute to this dedicated public 
servant and am privileged to enter these words into the Congressional 
Record of the United States House of Representatives.

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