Opal Canaday

Enville, TN: Opal Evans Canaday, age 87 passed away September 7, 2011 at her home.She was born and reared in McNairy County, the Hardin Graveyard Community, the daughter of the late Donnie Guy and Zera Irene Dallas Evans. She graduated from Adamsville High School in 1942 and in 1943 married Lee Canaday. After Mr. Canaday returned from serving in WWII they made their home at Enville. She taught school a year before they married and later worked at Enville Manufacturing. She and Mr. Canaday farmed in the Enville Community all their married life. She was a former member of the Eastern Star and the Enville Ruritan Club. She was a member of the Enville United Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, Billy Canaday of Houston, TX and Lynn Canaday and wife Sarah of Enville and five grandchildren, Monica Garton (Ray), Tiffany Jones (Edward), Ashley Canaday (Kelly), Christopher Canaday and Charlotte Canaday and six great grandchildren; three sisters, Arlene Woodward of Ripley, Betty Davis of Memphis and Faye Martin of Enville and a brother, Ray Evans of Jackson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Canaday in 2003; a daughter, Janice Canaday in 1967 and a brother, Elwood Evans.