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INFORMATION SHEET
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Educ ation: 1. High Sch c o l

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Experience :l . Status in the Detroit conferenc e.______E_l_d_e~r~~------------------~

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Brant, 0\.,re sso Cir cu i t, darren Avenue

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Geo r ge E .

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Janua ry 9 , 1936
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BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE

HisrORIC}~

SOmlETY

When filled 1ft please return to J. A. Halmhuber, 13100 Woodward, Highland Park,
Mlchigan.
George Br yn Evans

N&me in full:
Birth:

Date

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Personal Appearance

Ac r e fa1r, N. Wales

5f t. 7 Weight__r_6_o_ _-:Color of Hair black
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Family Background:

George

1. Father's Nane in Full

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Date or Birth -------:Pl ace - - - - - ----'Nat ionality _...J,W~,.;e;.:l:.:s:.:h::....2. Mother's Maiden Name

Date of Birth:_________Place
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Marria~e
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? en-Y- Bryn

Nationall.i ty Welsh

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4. Plafes of residence

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Johnetown. wa}.es,

wwellyn Evans, Trevor Evans
Arthur Evans, Gwendolyn Roberts

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6. Note disttngQimhed services for which any brothers or sisters are known:

?, All available information conherning parents, r ace , nationality, education,
occ~pations, connections, services, deat h , etc.

PERSONAL HISTORY
Schools, degrees, eto.
Adrian College, Westminster
Theological s eminary
2. Noteworthy experiences or childhood and youth - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -

1. Education:

3. Marriage:

Date _ _t""".1a......,.;v_,;:;j4._.,_,.I...,9i.3~2---oioo!-.J?lace
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By Whom· Dr· B: . L. EJ.derUice

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5. Names of children, with date and place of birth
George Elliott
January 9~ I936 owosso. Memorial noapit al
8, Careers of children, with positions, offices held, etc. ______________________

worker in the

ocal church of my home tO\·t n.

I was a d.mitted on
trial at the ijethodiet ~rotestant Annual Qonference
held in Gull Lake, AUgust I929, . and was Oraai.n~d in

9. When and where admitted on Trial end Ordinat i ons:

I932.

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hobbies, etc .

~aseball.

Tennis,

Gardening, Reading.

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Offices held in Church ~nd Community --------------~---------------------

Br_!3.nt, J.932, owosso Circuit, I932
to I939. Ha~~land , I939 to the prese~n~t~·-------------

1 6 , Appointments ser ved with dates

1?. Clippin. of f amily or public life :

18 . Biogr aphical comments, expe riences ~ epi sodes --------------------------------

19. Ca n you give on a separate paper one or two or thr ee dramatio incidents
occurr ing during your minis ~ ry which migh t be published i n e book und er such
a title as "Highlight s of Methodist Ministers"?
20. If the sub ject of this sketch is deceased , pl ease give
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COMMISSION ON PUBLIC RELATIONS

2111 WOODWARD AVENUE
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Phone 313/ 961-8340

By:

Paul Amstutz
(DC # 33) 6-13-70
Adrian Press
Room Phone 313-263-1456

IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Please

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Bryn Evans, minister of Hazel Park First United Methodist

Church, a member of the Detroit Conference, and an Elder of the

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United Methodist Church, this week was elected to the retired relationship by the Detroit Annual Conference of the United Methodist
Church meeting at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan.

Reverend

Evans was recommended for License to Preach in 1929 and was received as a full member of the Detroit Conference in 1932.
Reverend Evans is a graduate of North Western high school,
attended Adrian College and received B.D. degree from Westminster
Seminary, Maryland in 1932.
He was married to Edna Elliott of Detroit, Michigan.

They

have a son, George, and a daughter, Margaret.
He has served the following churches i n the Detroit Conference:

Brant, Owosso Circuit, Hartland, Warren Avenue Saginaw,

st. John's of Royal Oak, a nd Hazel Park First .

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Rev. Evans will be serving as Associate Minister of Birmingham First United Methodist Church.

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August 9, 1982

Mrs • J;. BJY!l Evans
1109 E/ Pearl Street
Hazel Park, Michigan

48030

Dear Mrs. Evans,
I have just returned from being out of the country
and · have learned of the passing of your beloved
husband. I wish to extend my sincere sympathies
to you and your family in this sad time. Please
know that you are in our prayers.
Grace and Peace,

Edsel A. Ammons

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A memorial servl.!. •;...ill be held at
ba nd was associate pastor, died of
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p.m. Sunday in the chur0, 15~9
congestive heart failure Sun~ay, 2 3
West Maple, Birmingham. Bunal will
Jan. , 2001 , in Beaumont Hosp1tal,
be private.
~ Royal15 Oak.
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Memorials may be made to the
She was a Birmingham res1dent
~etbodistnnennber for about 30 years and the wife of the Alzheimer's Association, 17220 West
12 Mile, Suite 100, Southfield, Mich.
late Rev. George Bryn Evans.
BIRMINGHAM -Edna May
8o 6, or to Hospic~ of Mi~higan,
Surviving are a daughter, Ma:- 4 7
6 250 Northland Dnve, SUJte 212,
Evans, 89. a longtime member of
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garet; son, George; five grandchilFirst United Methodist Church of
Southfield, Mich. 48075.
dren and five great-grandchildren.
Birmingham, where her late hus-

EDNA MAY EvANS

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REV. GEORGE BRYN EVANS.

GEORGE BRYN EVANS, retired minister
of the Detroit Annual Conference, was born
in North Wales, Great Britain on April 29,
1905 and died in Royal Oak, Michigan on
July 30, after an extended illness. He came to
America at the age of 21. Bryn received
higher education at Adrian College and
Westminister Seminary, now known as Wesley Theological Seminary. He married the
former Edna Elliott. Also surviving are two
children, George and Margaret, and five
grandchildren. Bryn was appointed to Brant
50 years ago, and followed service there with
lengthy pastorates at Burton, Hartland,
Warren Avenue in Saginaw, St. John's in
Royal Oak and Hazel Park. After his official
retirement in 1970 he became a member of
the ministerial staff of First church,
Birmingham. Memorial services were held at
the Birmingham church on August I with
Robert Ward, Douglas Vernon and Royal
Synwolt participating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Methodist
Children's Home Society at 26645 W. 6 Mile
Road, Detroit, Michigan 48240; or to the
First UMC, Scholarship Fund; 1589 West
Maple Road, Birmingham, MI 48009.8'!17/.Y.z.,

THE REV. GEORGE BRYN EVANS

The Rev. George Bryn Evans, 77, of
Birmingham died July 30 in WUllam
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak.
Born in north Wales, he has lived in
the Royal Oak-Birmingham area since
1953. He ministered in the United
Methodist Church. He was ordained a
Methodist minister 50 years. ago. He
was a graduate of Adrian College and a
1932 graduate of Westminster Tbeolog. ical Seminary, Maryland. He was a forI mer member of Hazel Park Lions Club
and for the past 10 years was associated with First United Church of Birmingham.
Survivors include: wife, Edna; son,
George of Walled Lake; daughter, Margaret of Frederick, Md., and five
grandchildren.
Services were Aug. 1 at First United
Methodist Church of Birmingham. Ar1rangements were made by William R.
Hamilton Funeral Home. Tributes may
be sent to Methodist Children's Village
or Student Loan Fund c/o First United
Methodist Church of Binningbam, 1589
West Maple.

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