Mr. Donald Evans, 72, of, Long Beach, Mississippi departed this life, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Mr. Evans was a lifelong Mississippi Gulf Coast resident. He was a graduate of Thirty-Third High School and Arkansas AM &N College- Pine Bluff. At an early age, Mr. Evans joined and a became a member of Little Rock Baptist Church, Gulfport.

He is proceeded in death by his father, Mr. Wilson Evans, Sr. and a brother, Mr. Wilson Evans, Jr.

He leaves to cherish his loving memory, his beautiful wife, Mrs. Hiawatha Evans- Long Beach, Mississippi; his mother, Mrs. Ruth Breland Evans- Gulfport, Mississippi, two daughters, Donna (Eric) Alexander, M.D.- Gulfport, Mississippi, Danielle (Brian) Windley- Johns Creek, Georgia; four brothers, Horace Evans- Gulfport, Mississippi, Tommy Kirk (Dorothy) Evans- Gulfport, Mississippi, Raymond Evans- Gulfport, Mississippi, Keith (Martin) Evans, Gulfport, Mississippi; two sisters, Sandra (Phillip) Porter- Houston, Texas, Diane (Danny) Stubbs- Columbia, South Carolina; five grandchildren, Eric Jr., Devyn, Ethan, Brian, Jr. & Donovan; a host of family members and friends.