Evelyn Sapp Demps

Mrs. Evelyn Sapp Demps, age 91 of the Cherry Creek Community, passed away at 2:47pm Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Life Care Center of Sparta with her family by her side.
Evelyn was born October 23, 1933 on Bon Air Mountain to the late Homer Floyd and Minnie Elizabeth Mitchell Sapp.
Evelyn graduated from White County High School in 1951 and worked many years at the Sparta Shirt Factory until she met her husband, Morris Demps, at a gospel singing. They married and worked side by side on the family farm while raising two children. She loved gospel music and was a member of the Blue Springs Presbyterian Church for over 55 years. She was a dedicated Christian and served her Lord faithfully. She was an active member of the Cherry Creek Community where she lived after she and Morris married. She loved her Cherry Creek friends and neighbors very much.
She was an amazing seamstress and sewed many beautiful things over the years. She loved to crochet, knit, decorate cakes, and do just about any kind of craft. No challenge was too big for her. She won Ms. Senior White County in 2006 where she demonstrated her many skills. She was a wonderful cook and was known for her delicious relish, corn bread, chocolate pies, and miracle cheese toast for her grandkids.
Evelyn's legacy was her family. She was so proud of her family and always supported, prayed for, and loved them very much.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by death by husband Morris who died August 16, 1983; three of her children Barbara Hall, Jackie Reed, and Dennis Demps; sisters, Helen Sapp, Josephine Knapp, Norma Jean Goff, and Betty Bohannon; infant brothers Casto Cummings Sapp and Floyd Mitchell Sapp.
Family members left to cherish her memory include her son Floyd Demps and his wife Stacey, her daughter April Demps Smith and her husband John
Grandchildren: Morris Clay Hall and wife Deanna, Pam Hall Napier and late husband Bill, Debbie Batson and husband Pat, Dee Reed and wife Donna, Cody Garrett, David Smith and wife Lauren, Colton Demps, Grace Demps, and Lindi Smith
Sister-in-law: Betty Demps
And a host of great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and many special friends, church family and neighbors.
Funeral services will be conducted 3:00pm Sunday, June 1, 2025 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-8:00pm Saturday and after 12:00pm Sunday at Hunter Funeral Home. Katie Ory and Jonathan Angel will officiate.
Morris Hall, Dee Reed, Wesley Bohannon, Cody Garrett, David Smith, and Colton Demps will serve the family as pallbearers.
The Demps family would like to express a special thank you to Jennifer Philippe, and the nurses and CNAs of Life Care Center of Sparta.
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