Evelyn Carter Helms
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RINGGOLD, GA ? Evelyn Carter Helms, 86, (passed away on 11/22/2021) was born in Alabama and lived there before relocating to Tupelo, Mississippi. In Tupelo, Evelyn was in the 6th grade class with Elvis Presley at Milam Junior High School. She freely handed out a copy of their class photo to everyone she met. Evelyn was a popular speaker to the Elvis International Fan Club Presidents in Memphis. She and Tommy, her beloved husband, and daughter Marilyn moved to Memphis, TN in 1969 and remained there until she and Tommy relocated to Ringgold, GA in 1994 to be near her daughter and son-in-law.
"Miss Evelyn" was an "off-the-scale" extrovert who never met a stranger and got all her energy from others. She had a wide-ranging sales and interviewing career that included selling World Book Encyclopedias door-to-door. Evelyn later transitioned into interviewing and conducting sampling and in-person field research for Westat and NORC at the University of Chicago for a variety of government studies including Medicare, fertility, rural water quality, and nutrition. She was proceeded in death by her parents Hortense and Elmer Carter and her beloved husband of 66 years, William Thomas "Tommy" Helms. She leaves behind her daughter, Dr. Marilyn M. Helms (Dalton State College) and son-in-law, Lee A. Tubbs (Enviroguard Pest Solutions).