Evans to be guest speaker at Jan. 9 ORPHA meeting
Ron Evans
The guest speaker will be Ron Evans, a board member of the association.
Evans served as vice president and president of the Anderson County Historical Society (formerly the Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society) from 2004 to 2013. He is a charter member and president of the Powell Station History Society of Knox County.
Evans has also been a family historian for the Evans, Paul, Humphrey, Darr and Underwood families of East Tennessee, conducting genealogical research since 1980.
His research has sparked an interest in the history of East Tennessee counties where his ancestors lived, including Knox, Anderson, Sevier, Union, Bradley and Polk counties.
A website creator since 1999, Evans is the administrator of the Anderson County TnGen Web page and other sites.
