Ms. Evelyn Elizabeth Steele, a resident of McKenzie, Alabama, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the age of 86.

Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, beginning at 2 p.m. at Brushy Creek Cemetery with Brother Randy Harvill officiating and Johnson Funeral Home directing.

Ms. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents James Charlie Skipper and Frances Elizabeth Hester Skipper; loving husband of 53 years Charles Everett Steele; sisters Olene Reid, Ariel C. Skipper; brothers Arnold D. Skipper, and Glennis M. Jordan.

Ms. Evelyn is survived by her daughters Layla (Willie) Benbow, Rosie Steele, sons Thomas (Vicky) Steele, Michael Steele; grandchildren Marcus Straughn, Sarah Straughn, Kimberly Straughn, Christopher Benbow, Kathleen Benbow, John M. Butler, Justin Steele; great grandchildren Gracie Straughn, Anna Benbow, Landon Benbow, Breanna Benbow, Lorene Steele, Charles Steele, Blakely Benbow.