Ida (sister Momma) Evans

• General Notes
  • Born in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia. March 8, 1855, daughter of Gen. Clement Evans and Allie Walton Evans, she lived successively in Cartersville, Athen, Atlanta, and Augusta. She was graduated at Wesleyan College in 1872 with the highest honor in her class. Coming to Augusta when her father was pastor of the St. John Methodist Church, she met and married in 1872 Judge Wm. F. Eve of this city. Their life together was one of perfect happiness, their home being the center of a large family connection, and their example an inspiration to all those who came under their influence. After the death of Judge Eve in 1916, she made her home with her daughters at Sun Glow Cottage on Meigs Street, The Hill.  President U.D.C.  Mrs. Eve was the first president of chapter A., Unied Daughters of the Confederacy, and for mny years served as chairman of the Winnie Davis Memorial. She was an Honoary Life president of the Georgia U.D.C., and an active member of the Ladies Memorial Association. Her devotion to the cause for which her illustrous father had so bravely fought was unfailing, and was evidenced in the her continuous interst in the old veterans of the Confederacy, in each of whom she felt a personal interest, and for whose welfare she worked untiringly.  She was a faithful member of St. Johns Church, and as long as her health permitted active in all church work, while her daily life ever displayed a consecration and faith that was an inspiration that was an inspiration and an example to all who were thrown with her.

Details of sister Momma's family with William Frederick Eve