The David James Evans Memorial Fund
This site is to honour and remember my lovely son David. I am so grateful for the 33 years we had together, but wish so hard that he was still here with us his family. This inscription is on David’s stone; “His life a beautiful memory, his absence a silent grief”. This is a perfect tribute to David. David will always be remembered as not only our son, but also as our best friend. He often took me out shopping etc, and we had some lovely outings in the past.
Born:
11/02/1969
Died:
28/07/2002 - Following a road collision in Powys, Wales
Created by:
Valerie Evans, David's Mum
David's Life - a Tribute by Mum Valerie
’David was born on a freezing February morning in Billericay in Essex. He was in such a hurry to get here that I never had time to make it to the delivery room, and had him in the ward.’
‘He was a beautiful baby, and also an active toddler. He never bothered with the crawling stage, too slow, he just went straight to walking at 10 months and in a few days he learnt that running was even quicker. After that I needed an extra set of eyes in the back of my head as then there was no stopping him.
His favourite pastime when he was about 2 was trying to escape from the garden. We had to tie the gate shut, and when this failed, David used to try and tunnel his way out from under the fence using his toy diggers. A couple of times David did escape, and then I had to go and fetch him back from the playground, as that was where he liked to go. In those days the early 70’s playgrounds were always set out in concrete, so not a safe place to be alone.’
