Deborah Denise Evans LeFever, 51, of Bellmead, passed away peacefully Friday, March 31, 2017 at Providence Hospice Place in Waco.

Services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard, Waco, with Rev. Jeff Stinson and Chaplain Karen Hulsey officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. prior to the service.

Denise was born February 27, 1966 in Lufkin to James and Margaret (Crabtree) Evans. The family moved to Waco in 1968. She graduated from University High School and later took computer training at TSTC. She enjoyed sales and was quite a small business entrepreneur. Denise loved her family, especially her grandchildren Allie and Haylee who lovingly called her NeeNee.

She was preceded in death by her father, James E. Evans; grandparents, Palmer and Hattie Evans and Rev. L.E. and Gladys Crabtree; and a nephew, Bryan Jacob Evans.

Survivors include her mother, Margaret E. Evans; brother, David Evans of Waco; children, Nathan LeFever of Bellmead and Shelby LeFever and boyfriend, Spencer Preston of McGregor; two grandchildren, Allie and Haylee Preston; nephew, Brent Evans of Pearland; aunts, Carolyn Brown of Athens, Jean Doss and Mavis Evans, of Pollok, and Karen Hulsey of Wortham; and numerous cousins and friends that were very dear to her heart.

Memorials may be made to Church of the Redeemed or S&W Paul McClinton Cancer Center in Waco.

PALLBEARERS
Brent Evans
Brandon Hulsey
Jeff Smith
Michael Preston
Nathan LeFever
Jarrod Richard

HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Johnny Woods
Joe Cervantez