Evelyn Chenault
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Evelyn Garnett Chenault of Lubbock passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at the age of 92. She was born August 7, 1928 in Tahoka to Ed and Alma (Webb) Garnett. Evelyn grew up in the Draw/Redwine Community of Lynn County graduating from Brownfield High School in 1944. She owned and operated a childcare, pre-school in Earle, Arkansas for many years. Teaching small children was pure delight for her. In 1998, she moved to Lubbock where she was a member of Sunset Church of Christ and a faithful servant to her Lord.
Family was her greatest joy. Those left to cherish her memory are her three brothers, Ed Garnett of Vernon, TX, Don Garnett and wife, Anne, and Dennis Garnett, all of Lubbock; her children, Jim Tyler and wife Dara of El Campo, Texas, Nancy Cooper and husband Delbert, Larry Tyler, and Don Tyler, all of Lubbock; 9 grandchildren, Myrna Day of Kerrville, Lori Edwards of Lubbock, Trisha Tyler Miller and husband Jeff of Denver, Casey Tyler and wife Cynthia of Wharton, Nicholas Coffman and Jacob Tyler and wife Kelli of Lubbock; 16 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters, Venita Garnett, Jane Pearce, LaVerne Tomlinson, Jean Burbank, Wilma Little, Jo Griffith; sister-in-love, Flo Garnett; one great-grandson, Colin Tyler; and three husbands, W. J. Tyler, Robert Gammill, and B. J. Chenault.
The family will receive friends from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at Combest Family Funeral Homes in Lubbock. A private burial service will be held at Grassland, Texas where grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers for their beloved Nanny. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 22, 2021 at Quaker Avenue Church of Christ.