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Evelyn Maxine (Welch) Cohoon
May 21, 1957 - Aug 30, 2021
Posted by Martha Reddout

© Marietta Monitor
3 Sep 2021,  Page 4

Evelyn Maxine Cohoon, 64, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021. She was born May 21, 1957 in Marietta, the daughter of T.J. and Hattie Mae Ivins Welch.


Evelyn was a lifelong area resident. She attended Greenville School through eighth grade and graduated with he Marietta High School Class of 1975. Evelyn married the love of her life Michael Gene “Mike” Cohoon on June 2, 1979 in Wilson.


Evelyn was a dedicated and hard worker at home, throughout her career path, and as a community volunteer. She recently retired from Michelin after 32 years. After living with a man who had devoted over 22 years to the volunteer fire department and aiding them behind the scenes for so many years, she took the plunge and traded in her firefighter’s wife hat for her own firefighter’s hat. Evelyn followed in the footsteps of her husband and her father in serving the community as a firefighter, but she blazed her own trail as Marietta’s first female volunteer firefighter. Though small in stature, she leaves big boots to fill. Even though Evelyn had a passion for serving, she was in heaven when she was on the farm. She loved caring for the cattle and spent countless hours in the hayfields. Evelyn was constantly busy, but she always had time for family and cherished her nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. She touched the lives of so many with her unconditional love, generosity, and kindness.


Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; sister-in-law, Angela Welch; and parents-in-law, Wanda and Floyd Smith.


She is survived by her husband, Mike Cohoon of the home; brothers, Dennis Welch of Marietta, Jerry Welch and wife Lynn of Howe, Texas, and Kenneth Welch and wife Rebecca of Dickson; sister, Pam Blackburn and husband David of Wilson; sister-in-law, Donna Martin and Randy Sloan of Ringling; nephews, Brandon Martin and wife Melanie, Chris Blackburn, Cody Welch, Seth Seibold, and Dalton Elmer; nieces, Amy Wade and husband Brandon, Kara Burden and husband J.D., Jorie Seibold, and Jenna Elmer; great-nieces and nephews, Dustin Martin, Mariah Martin, Brice Wade, Kye Wade, Knox Wade, Lexis Hicks, Christopher Hicks, and Bentley Hicks; and numerous friends and other family members.


Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, September 3 at the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta.
 

Serving as pallbearers will be Brandon Martin, Chris Blackburn, Cody Welch, Seth Seibold, Dalton Elmer, and Ryan Gibbs. Honorary bearers are David Kerr, Jerry Kerr, Rick Brannan, and the Marietta Volunteer Fire Department.


Memorial contributions may be made to Baptist Home for Girls, 13976 Anthony Lane, Madill, OK 73446 or at the funeral home.


Online guest book: wattsfuneralhome.com


A keepsake video is available through the funeral home.

 

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