Evelyn Smith Duperier
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Evelyn Smith Duperier
November 11, 1923 - October 14, 2015
Evelyn
Smith Duperier, a lifelong resident of Beaumont, Texas, passed on October 14,
2015, after a brief illness. In November 2013, she celebrated her 90th birthday
surrounded by family and friends at a tea in her honor.
Born
in 1923 in Beaumont, Evelyn attended schools in Beaumont and graduated from
Lamar with an associate degree. While at Lamar, she won the Weed Award for
essay on world peace. She worked in Washington, DC in personnel for the United
States Marine Corps then working for Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles before
returning to Beaumont and working in the travel industry for an office that was
in Hotel Beaumont. It is there that fate would have her meet the “love of her
life”, Billy C. Duperier. They were married in the first location of what is
now Wesley United Methodist Church. Evelyn and Billy were fortunate to
participate in many activities at Wesley and she celebrated the 100th
anniversary with many members.
A
devoted wife, mother, and friend, she always put family first. She and her
husband of 63 years, Billy, spent many years entertaining both at their home in
Beaumont and their lake house at Toledo Bend. After his retirement in 1982 and
until his death in 2009, they enjoyed many great trips both in the United States
and abroad. They were most excited to visit their daughter, Dianne, while
living in Charlottesville, Virginia, Corpus Christi, and Houston. Equally
exciting were their visits to Legacy Ranch in Weimar, Texas, where they visited
their son, Craig, his wife, Sharon, and grandson, Roland.
She
leaves her daughter, Dianne Duperier of Beaumont; son, W. Craig Duperier and
his wife, Sharon, and grandson, Roland Guthrie, all of Weimer; brother, Forrest
Smith and his wife, Martha, of Dallas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Evelyn
is preceded in death by her husband, Billy; sister, Margy Smith Akers;
grandson, James Daniel Middleton; and numerous other relatives.
A
Memorial Service and Celebration of the Life of Evelyn Smith Duperier will be at
1:00 p.m., Friday, October 30, 2015, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 3810
North Major Drive, Beaumont, with a gathering to follow her service in the
church parlor. Her cremation arrangements were handled under the direction of
Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.
In
lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Wesley
United Methodist Church, 3810 North Major Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77713 or to Champion Kids Camp at www.championskidscamp.org.
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