It is hard to find someone more humble and kind than Moses Evans.
Although Mr. Evans is originally from Clarke County, he moved to Michigan for a while. After he retired from Chrysler Corporation, Mr. Evans decided it was time to come back to Clarke County.
After years of working hard, he now enjoys being able to participate in one of his favorite hobbies: golfing. He has achieved what every golfer’s goal is: a hole in one.
He doesn’t only play golf, though. Moses takes joy in being able to help others. In fact, he is on the Airport Board for the Clarke County Airport.
“I do that to help out,” said Moses. “Since I’m retired, I have the time to do it.”
He also enjoys going to church and is happy to help out at his church as a deacon.
When he was growing up, Moses can remember seeing a much simpler life and can clearly see a generation gap from when he was young and what life is like today. He recalled a wagon that would ride around to the various houses and trade items of need with the citizens around the county. At that time, he would work with different family members and was able to learn a variety of skills.
“I’m not a master, but I’ve learned some different skills from working with family in carpentry when I was growing up,” stated Moses.
He is proud of some of the progress he has seen over the years, though.
“Clarke County has come a long way since I’ve come back after retiring,” explained Moses. “It’s now a wet county. I think that’s a good thing because all of the counties around here are wet counties. It’s made it better for the stores around here to be able to sell alcohol. It even helps with the revenue for the towns that are small.”
Although he sees where Clarke County has improved and believes the county to be moving in the right direction, he also can see where the county still needs to improve: industry.
“Where I lived in Michigan, they had a lot of industries,” stated Moses. “We don’t really have any kind of industry to help create a lot of jobs.”
Although he realizes that it takes a lot to get different businesses and industries to come to an area, Moses is very positive and has a solution of what the county can do to help the citizens be prepared for any type of industry that may possibly come to the area one day.
“Until those types of businesses can get here, the county should continue to educate people and prepare them for work,” suggested Moses. “You have to be able to accommodate businesses, and teaching people the skills they need would help with that. People have to have a foundation like what people get going to Jones College in Stonewall. People are able to grow from that because they’re able to learn skill trades. People should at least learn the process of different skills.”
Moses truly loves Clarke County and would love to see the place he loves so much prosper.
