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The Life Sketch Of The Late Evaris R. Buckle, Sr. Evaris R. Buckle, Sr. was born on October 26, 1932 in the city of Monrovia, Liberia unto the union of Leonard Edwin Buckle and Janet Anna Green. Evaris was the second of three children; the late Melissa Buckle Bernard and Dr. Janet Greene Moore. Evaris embraced the Christian faith at an early age and was christening at Sacred Heart Pro-Cathedral on Ashmund Street. Evaris attended St. Patrick’s School under the principal of the late Father Larkin and the tutelage of Teacher Thomas. Evaris was sent to Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1947 to attend Saint Edward Elementary and Secondary School. During a visit to Monrovia in 1952 Evaris decided not to complete his secondary education in Freetown, having learned that the majority of his classmates at St. Patrick had graduated and obtained scholarship to study abroad. Evaris or Connie as he was commonly known enrolled in St. Patrick to complete his secondary education. A year later he graduated and enrolled at the University of Liberia. Evaris was later awarded a scholarship by the Liberian government to study Agriculture at the then Tuskegee Institute, now the University of Tuskegee. Evaris graduated with a BS degree in Animal Science in 1959 and a Master’s degree in Agriculture Education in 1962. After graduation, Evaris returned home and was immediately employed by the Department of Agriculture now the Ministry of Agriculture; he was assigned to the National Extension Service in charge of the Rural Youth Program as Project officer. Later he was promoted to Director of Training. Evaris was joined in Holy Matrimony to Williametta Eastman in 1964. This union was blessed with the following children, Evaris Jr., Lyla and Delcina. Evaris married Margaret Mills in 1985; this union was blessed with seven children, Margaretta, Patricia, Wisterford, Edith, Hope, Mohammed and Ernest. Evaris and Margaret decided to move to Greenville, NC in 2005, after ten years in Cleveland, where they would be near family members and enjoy sunshine and warm weather. Eventually all good things must come to an end. In 2008 Margaret went to meet the Lord and after eight years in 2016 Evaris was called home. Evaris leaves to cherish his memories, one sister, Janet Greene Moore, his niece, Janet Argartha Greene, his children, Evaris Jr., Lyla, Delcina Janet, Margaretta HC Bracell, Patricia, Wisterford, Edith, Hope, Mohammed and Ernest; twenty-six grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren, sons and daughters-in-law; Buckle, Major, Greene; Mills family and members of the Cedar Grove and Christian Unity Church. Evaris would like to leave this thought with you. “Remember me as you pass by this grave. As you are now, so was I. As I am now so you will be. Therefore be prepared to follow me.”

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Mr. Evaris Roderick Buckle

October 26, 1932 - August 27, 2016