Evelyn Baker Epps, 94, widow of William M. Epps, died Sunday, June 21, 2009.
Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Paul Hutchison, were held Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Clemson United Methodist Church. Born in the Hebron Community of Williamsburg County, on February 7, 1915, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Benjamin Cleveland and Margaret Wilma Plexico Baker. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and taught home economics  at Greeleyville, Hebron, and St. Andrews (Charleston) High Schools. She was an assistant home demonstration agent with the Clemson Extension Service in Sumter County. After moving from Charleston to Clemson in 1956, she was a substitute teacher in Pickens and Oconee County Schools. Mrs. Epps was a member of Clemson United Methodist Church, serving in the following offices: president, vice-president, secretary, and Circle Leader of the United Methodist Women; Chairman and member of the Evangelism Committee; lay delegate to the World Methodist Conferences in Nairobi, Kenya, and Singapore. She also assisted her late husband on several UMVIM mission trips to the Caribbean, Central and South America. She was active in the Winthrop Alumna Association and was on the Scholarship Committee of the Clemson Chapter. She was a member and past president of the Clemson Garden Club and was active in the Clemson University Woman’s Club. She was a charter member and past president of the Clemson Chapter of Home Economists in Homemaking. Survivors are: two sons, James W. Epps (Nellie) of Belden, Mississippi; and Philip O. Epps (Judy) of Prosperity; one brother, Glenn H. Baker of Florence; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Clemson United Methodist Church; PO Box 590, Clemson, SC 29633-0590 or to The George W. Armstrong Fellowship, Plant Pathology Department, 114 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0315.