McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Minnie Jo Evans, age 89, was born July 25, 1916 and died July 5, 2006 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Minnie Angelian Starns Foutch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Brenda Steele; son, James Donald Evans and grandchildren, Lisa Butcher and Ricky Sullens. She is survived by three daughters, Helen Byars, Willadean Bess and Martha Sullens all of McMinnville; ten grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in High's Chapel with Billy Nunley officiating. Burial followed in the Shellsford Cemetery.