Evelyn (Hopson) Layfield, 79, of Grays Prairie passed away Nov. 22, 2022. Her family will be holding a celebration of life at 3 p.m. Dec. 3, 2022, at at the Rockin’ Country Church in Kemp.
Evelyn was born in Orange Jan. 16, 1943. She was second of ten children of Wilburn and Doris (Hosea) Hopson. She grew up in Huntington. She moved to Dallas where she met her husband David and they got married Nov. 21, 1964.
In 1968 they moved to Lancaster where they raised their three children. In 1987, they moved to Gray Prairie where she enjoyed the rest of her days.
Evelyn enjoyed doing various crafts, mostly sewing, knitting and crocheting. At one time she learned and enjoying spinning her own yarn. She was an avid reader and enjoying studying the bible and growing in her walk with our Lord. She enjoyed her children and they kept her busy, with many weekend nights with high school rodeos, football, basketball and baseball.
In 2001 Evelyn was diagnosed with Ovarian, Uterine and Colon Cancer. She fought hard, which resulted with her being a 21-year survivor. In 2020 she was diagnosed with Dementia which contributed her passing. 
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents and brothers David, Curtis, Keith and Cary Hopson.
She is survived by her husband, children Joel and Kerry (Russell), Deanna and Mark Barbaree and Stacy and Carlen (Williams), grandchildren Erin and Josh Powell, Jessica Layfield, Rachel and Kalub El-Etoum, Lizzy Barbaree, Caleb, Paul and Liliana Layfield, great-grandchildren Aubrey, Andrew, Alyvia, Raylee and Kash and grand-dog Monroe, sisters Wilma Mettlen and Doris Shaw and brothers Burtis, Kenneth and Jesse Hopson and numerous nephews and nieces.
Evelyn’s family is asking in lieu of flowers, donations be made to either American Alzheimer’s Association or National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
Arrangements are under direction of Anderson-Clayton Bros. Funeral Home of Kemp.