Evelyn Stevenson

Evelyn Gilmore Stevenson, 82, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Neely's Landing, Mo., daughter of John M. and Maude Sides Ackman. She and John Woodrow Gilmore were married Feb. 16, 1936. He died June 16, 1986. She and John A. Stevenson were married Nov. 24, 1987.

She worked at the former International Shoe Company in Jackson. From 1951 to 1970, she worked with her husband at C&G Feed Supply in Fruitland. She then worked at the Dollar General Store in Jackson and the Fruitland Auction Barn restaurant.

She was a charter member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Fruitland.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, John Gilmore of Jackson and Richard Gilmore of Cape Girardeau; six stepsons, John K. Stevenson of Sacramento, Calif., Donald and Tom Stevenson of Denair, Calif., Roy Stevenson of Holbrook, Ariz., Ted Stevenson of Modesto, Calif., and Jerry Stevenson of Rochester, Wash.; two stepdaughters, Donna Stratton of Clearfield, Utah, and Ann Pohl of Woodland, Calif.; two brothers, Thomas "Bud" Ackman of Cape Girardeau and Nelson Ackman of Belleville, Ill.; two sisters, Mae Ackman and Norma Corse, both of Jackson; and seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters and a stepgrandson.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eric Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Fruitland.