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Excerpt from the obituary in the GSO News-Record. Submitted by Laurann Holder Hooks, undated. Audrey Louella Evans, 26, a student at ECU in Greenville died Tuesday (Sept 23, 1986) at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville following a short illness. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial Park. She was an honors graduate at Page High School and the student body President. She was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and had worked as a registered nurse at Duke University Medical Center and was a student in the medical school at ECU. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
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Donzell Woodard
Everyone knew Audrey, she was always there to help others. Evenb though she was the President of our class. She was selfless and giving...God needed an angel...and I thank her for being my friend. I was bless to know her.Bill Grieser
One of the biggest honors anyone ever gave me was when Audrey asked me to give her booster speech at the assembly for the class elections our senior year. I thought very highly of Audrey. She was so quiet and gentle, yet strong. We both went to Chapel Hill but we lost touch. What an idiot I was not to have thought to say once or twice while we were both there, "Hey, let's have lunch". At our 10 year reunion, she was the person I really wanted to catch up with the most; I was very sad to learn that we had lost her.She deserved to have a long life. There is no doubt in my mind the world would be a better place with her here.
Lori Erwin (Kirk)
I just wonder sometimes how things "might have been, could have been" and all the great works that "would have been done" if my friend, Audrey, were still here with us! When I pass the house that she lived in, so many memories fill my head and my heart. We were as different as night and day which is why I think we were such good friends. Audrey was so caring, smart, disciplined, well-rounded and non-athlectic. I was kind of smart and did enough to get by(except for P.E./sports), I loved to laugh and was rarely serious, but I was caring. I tried to teach her to let her hair down sometimes and tune into her sense of humor that I thought everyone should have. She tried to teach me to tune into my studies which would help me in the future. I am so blessed by our friendship and her vision. I know that she helped alot of us back then. Sometimes, it makes me wonder why GOD takes the "good ones." Then I say that her work on earth was accomplished and she continues to help us by understanding our purpose and that He's in control!Robert (Bob) Loomis
Audrey, was the most loveliest of all of us. Kind, gentle & yet strong a true Steel Magnolia. I remeber when someone told me she had gone on to heavan. I cried! not because of her death but because the WORLD would not get somemiracle she would have provided. Audrey, our senior year we shared an award "The Danforth - I dare you award". We went to school from 7th to 12th grade & you were always our leader. You are missed!Bob Loomis
Elizabeth Jones (Brown)
I remember the day I opened the Greensboro Daily News and saw the last thing in the world I expected -- word of Audrey's passing. I cried that day, as I suppose everyone did when they heard the news. We throw around words like "extraordinary" and "amazing" too often in this society when they should be reserved for people like Audrey. I remember thinking, and perhaps telling her towards the end of our senior year, "I can't wait to see what you are going to do in this world!" That her peers still speak of her with awe and reverence nearly a generation after her death speaks volumes to her character, spirit and talents. I think mere mortals like me are fortunate to meet two or three such individuals in a lifetime. Did we know at the time how lucky we were?Lisa Whitley (Chestnutt)
I remember Chemistry in Ms. Chavis' class with Audrey, me, Christy Fraizer, and some more folks. As most of you remember, I love to have lots of laughs. I was joking and told a guy to put a cork in a test tube of sulfur mixture. Poor guy did..then he heated it....let's just say the fire alarm went off...the building was evacuated..that was me who was responsible for the rotten egg smell...and Audrey the straight A girl never laughed so hard in her life. She also did not make me take the honors all by myself. We were not wearing our goggles, so we all lost points at our table. Anyway, she handled it all with a smile. I can honestly say she was probably one of the nicest and smartest people I have ever known. I always knew she'd do great things with her life. I truly admired and loved that girl. How sad to see she is not with us anymore.John Palmer
I decided to peruse the "In Memory" link. The picture of my dearest friend Audrey Evans brings back memories to this day that I just can't forget. My God, aren't we missing an Angel? I remember that day so well that I heard of her passing. I sat in my apartment in New Jersey in a state of shock and bereavement. I remember a feeling of lost as if it were my own sister. As a transfer student from High Point Andrews I remember meeting Audrey for the first time and how warm and welcoming she was. As all of us can attest, she was that kind of person. We shared classes together, honor society, and some other social clubs. I was never disappointed by her poise, beauty, grace, intelligence, and her spirituality. When we went to college I found we continued to share similar interests. She at UNC-CH pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha and I at NCCU pledged Alpha Phi Alpha. Her sorority is the sister of my fraternity. We miss you greatly "Sister" Audrey Luella Evans.