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Evelyn Elizabeth Davis Metz, 83, formerly of Indian Run Road, Bellaire, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. She passed away surrounded by family and under the comforting care of Valley Hospice at the Country Club Retirement Campus, Bellaire, where she had resided since 2006. She was born May 10, 1931 in Provident, a daughter of the late Floyd L. and Hilda L. Ramsay Davis. Evelyn graduated from the former Bethesda High School and Wheeling Business College. She worked as a telephone operator at the former Wheeling Tile, where she met her husband, the late Kenneth Franklin Metz, whom she married Dec. 13, 1955. He preceded her in death on Dec. 10, 1996, just three days before their 41st wedding anniversary. She was a homemaker, raising four children with Ken. Evelyn was a longtime and faithful member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Bellaire, where she had played organ and piano and had been a church elder. She also played for a time at the United Wesleyan Church and the former Church of the Nazarene, both in Bellaire. As a teen, she often played for funerals in her Bethesda community and taught the organ to her mother, who went on to become organist at the family’s church, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Bethesda. Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two stepchildren, Charles Edward “Ed” Metz, and Elizabeth “Betsy” Metz Florence and her husband Gerald Florence, and a step-grandson, Gerald “Jay” Florence. She is survived by her son, John H. Metz (Karen) of Bellaire; three daughters, Kenna S. Metz Major (John R.) of Flushing, Linda K. Metz (partner Tammy Christian Dorssom) of Buffalo, Mo., and Angela R. Metz Brooks (Matthew) of Girard, Pa.; seven grandchildren, Jeremy Metz (Kahley Jeffers) of Barnesville and Brandon and Sabrina Metz, both of Bellaire; John K. Major (Amber) and Beth Major, both of Flushing; and Jacob and Mitchell Brooks, both of Girard; two great-grandchildren, Alex Wright and John C. Major, both of Flushing; and five step-grandchildren, Joyce Florence Little of Dover, Janet Florence of Martins Ferry, and William Florence of Gastonia, N.C., and their families, and BJ and Nikki Dorssom of Buffalo, Mo. She is further survived by two brothers, Lloyd Davis (Fay) of Grafton, and Howard Davis (Betty) of Bethesda; a sister, Harriett Davis Fisher of Coshocton; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Grisell Funeral Home, 400 33rd St., Bellaire, on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and are invited to attend a funeral there on Monday at 11 a.m., with Pastor Connie Quinn officiating. Burial will follow next to her beloved husband in Greenwood Cemetery, Bellaire. Remembrances in her honor may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater East Ohio Area Chapter, 3695B Boardman-Canfield Road, Suite 301, Canfield, Ohio, 44406, or www.alz.org; Valley Hospice, 10686 State Route 150, Rayland, Ohio, 43943, or www.valleyhospice.org; or the Social Services Charity Fund, c/o Social Services, Wheeling Hospital, 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, W.Va., 26003.

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Evelyn Metz

May 10, 1931 - January 8, 2015