Evelyn Silver Kent

ASHEVILLE—Evelyn Silver Kent, age 87, of Old Weaverville Rd., died Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Mrs. Kent was born August 20, 1924, in Madison County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She retired from Connie's Fashions. She was a charter member and Sunday School teacher at both Morning View Baptist Church and Fellowship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Foy and Bettie Ray Silver; husband, Calvin Coolidge Kent who died in 2005; her sister and three brothers. Surviving are her daughters, Lorraine Baker and husband Lane, Gail Revis and husband Glen, and Debra Aly and husband Roger, all of Weaverville; sons, Rev. Jerry C. Kent and wife Geneva of Weaverville, and David C. Kent and wife Wendy of Waxahachie, Texas; brother, Jack W. Silver of Asheville; 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2012, in the Chapel of West Funeral Home, with Rev. Jerry Kent officiating. Burial will be in West Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to The Gideons International, PO Box 1506, Asheville, NC 28802. For those who desire, condolences may be offered to the family under Mrs. Kent's obituary at www.WestFamilyFuneralServices.com.