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Obituary of Otis Leon Evans, Sr. (1933-2010)

September 28, 1933 – January 14, 2010 Mr. Otis Leon Evans, Sr., age 76, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010 in the local hospital. Mr. Evans was born in the Wildfork Community of Escambia County and had moved back there in 1974, coming from Millry, AL. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served with the U.S. Army, and was a meat cutter for Winn-Dixie and Delchamps for a number of years. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Holiness Church. Mr. Evans was preceded in death by a son, Paul Evans, a sister, Betty Jean Mosley, and

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Index to the Tuskaloosa Gazette 1875-1876

Genealogists and local historians will find a wealth of information in old newspapers. The weekly “gossip” columns, wedding and death announcements, court and legal documents, and even the classified advertisements are filled with the names of old Tuscaloosa area residents. The names can be compared with census records and can help family historians document the lives of their relatives. The local businesses, clubs, schools and churches of post-Reconstruction Tuscaloosa were especially important social services, and the newspaper accounts of their activities and memberships are invaluable research sources. The usefulness of a Gazette item to genealogists can vary from zero to

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