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Brownie Evans 1950-2009

We lost a very important person to us on December 13, 2009...

We were on our way into the woods in White Gate one morning mid October 09'. Getting all our gear together, putting on our hunter safety system vests, checking our bows and gear making sure we had everything. Then in a moment, my life forever changed. I heard Dad say "I think something's wrong with me, boy". I stood there in shock. Thirty years on this earth I had never heard the man say he had anything wrong with him. He was never sick, he was horse of a man. I can't explain the feelings I had. We had a brief conversation about it and I tried to down play it a little to make him feel better. But in my heart I knew it was bad. He went on hunting every day. Killing 5 deer in the 2009 deer season. I got a call from Mom the evening of the last day of muzzleloader season saying Dad had killed a 7 pointer. So I took my son up to their house and went out in the building. It was one of the biggest bodied deer we had ever hung in that shop, and that is saying something if you know anything about the number of whitetail's that have hung from that ceiling. I looked at Dad. I could see it on him. He was sick, very sick. A little over a week later West Virginia rifle season opened. He went, but could not even get out of the truck. I'm trying to make everyone understand how much hunting meant to this man. He was dying, but he did not stop hunting until the Lord forced him to. A couple days later we found out what Dad already knew. It was cancer. The worst kind you can have, pancreatic. History in our family told me it was the end. We had seen this before, eerily my uncle Danny had died from the same thing, in the same place, at the same age. I dropped everything to help him everyday. It was the very least I could do for him. After all, I can't remember a time calling for him and he not be there for me. It was a very difficult thing to go through with him. Chemo and pain medication kept him tired. I had no idea he would only live 20 days after being diagnosed. For those of you that knew him you know he did not waste time with anything. He was a get it done kind of person. I believe he looked at death the same way. If it was going to have to be now, I believe he thought, let's get it done. I could go on for pages and pages talking about how great of a Dad, husband, pawpaw, friend and man he was. But if you ever met him, you already know. He had a knack for being able to do just about anything. Many of you have deer antler mounts he made for you. Many of you had great conversations with him in the shop that you will never forget. Dad loved this bow shop. He was upset when I decided to try to sell the business. The sell did not work out, so we are back at it again. Dad's passion for bowhunting and hunting in general will never go away as long as I draw breath in my body. He instilled a love for this in me that has never faded. Every time I nock an arrow on a bowstring I will think of him. He was a major contributor in where I am, and what I have accomplished to date. I only hope I can offer the same life principles to my children. I would say if I managed to be half as good as he was, I'd be doing alright.

The most important thing in my mind that needed to be done after Dad's diagnosis was to talk to Dad about salvation. I had never had an in depth conversation with him on the subject. Dad had time to get things right with Jesus. I am so very thankful for that, God's promise is that I will see him again in Heaven. Not everyone gets that opportunity. There is nothing else in life more certain than the fact we all must die. So I pose this question to the people viewing this site. Where will you or your loved ones spend eternity? There is only one way to Heaven, faith in Jesus Christ as your personal savior and it is my hope each one of you will accept Him as your personal savior.
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