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Former County Commissioner Evans dead at 72
Former Doña Ana County Commissioner Kent Evans
Former Doña Ana County Commissioner Kent Evans, who was a candidate for the job once again this year, died today after a battle with leukemia. He was 72.
Evans leaves behind his wife Anna Mae, three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He and his wife would have celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 23.
“It is with Sadness, but Peace in Christ, that I announce the death and passing of my Dad D. Kent Evans at about 1:30 this morning,” Evans’ son D.K. Evans announced early this afternoon on Facebook. “He is not in worldly pain now, but in the hands of the Lord and all the family that have gone before.”
D.K. Evans said a memorial would be held on June 23 to celebrate his father’s life and his parents’ life together.
It was only days before – on Friday – that D.K. Evans announced on Facebook that his father had acute leukemia. He wrote that Kent Evans was “in much pain and the prognosis is not good.”
Kent Evans, who served on the county commission from 2000-2008, was the Republican candidate for the District 5 seat on the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners this year, so the GOP will appoint someone to take his place at a later date.
A prior version of this posting incorrectly stated that Evans was 68 and had three great-grandchildren.
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I was shocked as I had just visited with him at the Erik Ness funeral at the Farm and Ranch and saw his picture in the Bulletin last week as being there. He will be missed in Dona Ana County.
I am so sorry to hear this. I met Kent Evans several times in the course of campaigning, and he was such a nice man. His smile always lifted my spirits.
I was saddened by the news of Kent Evans’ passing this morning. Kent Evans was truly one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. We didn’t always agree on the issues, but Kent was always willing to listen to varying points of view and was willing to offer words of encourage and advice. I considered him a friend and I know so many others who did as well. He was a great example of what it truly means to be a public servant and to giving back to a community that had given him so much. My prayers and condolences go out to Anna Mae and the Evans family. God bless you all.
I am sorry to hear about the loss of Mr. Evans. Although I disagreed with Mr. Evans’ politics, Teddy Roosevelt best described Mr. Evans’ legacy:
THE MAN IN THE ARENA
Excerpt from the speech “Citizenship In A Republic”
delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Condolences to his family.