Evalena Lambert

February 8, 1943 - October 26, 2021

Funeral services for Evalena Lambert, 78, of Gilmer, Texas are scheduled for 2:00 pm, Friday, October 29, 2021, in the Chapel of McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. Donny Chamberlain and Bro. Charles Johnson officiating. Interment to follow at Hopewell Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 1:00 pm prior to the service. Evalena was born February 8, 1943, in Gilmer, Texas to Fennis and Lena Haney Chamberlain and went to be with Jesus October 26, 2021. Evalena married Roland Lambert, June 10, 2001. Evalena was a faithful Christian woman that loved Jesus. She adored her family and enjoyed spending time together. Going to the Gladewater Opry with her husband Roland was a favorite past time, especially when Elvis performed, as she was an Elvis fanatic. Evalena was a fabulous dresser always decked out with accessories head to toe with her best accessory being her smile that lit up the room. If she wasn’t in the kitchen whipping up delicious meals, she could be found on her back porch enjoying nature. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Roland Lambert; daughter, Felecia Gipson and her husband, Gary; son, Jeff Youngblood; brothers, Robert Chamberlain and his wife, Glenda, and Donny Chamberlain and his wife, Paula; granddaughter, Lacey Adkins and her husband, Garrett; grandson, Hunter Hux; and by her great grandchild, Rylee Kate Adkins. She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Jayson McHenrey; and her great grandchildren, Rylan Kyle, and Sydney Kate Adkins. Pallbearers are Hunter Hux, Garrett Adkins, Cameron Gipson, Colby Gipson, Kyle Chamberlain, and Cory Chamberlain. Please visit Evalena’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.