Evelyn Mae DupreMarch 24, 1912 ~ March 17, 2009 Evelyn Mae Ivey Dupre, 96, of Waco/Mount Calm, went peacefully to the waiting arms of Jesus on March 17, 2009, after a short illness. Services will be 2 p.m., Friday, March 20, 2009 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors Chapel with Dr. Art Torpy officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 19, at the funeral home. Evelyn "Mamaw" Dupre was born on March 24, 1912 in Riesel, Texas, to Edwin W. and Parle Jenkins Ivey. She was the third of eight children. Mamaw spent most of her childhood on farms in the Riesel and Walnut Springs area. After losing her mother at the age of six, Mamaw and her sisters, Jewel and Dorothy took on the farm chores and caring for little Margret. She would tell us stories of how she picked cotton, being chased by the neighbors bull, and playing church while she preached to her sisters using the family donkey to stand on. Grandpa took the girls to church every week and they would sing for the congregation. Grandpa met and married Emma Lathern. She lovingly raised the girls. The family grew with Sonny, Ruby and little Vernell. Mamaw married Chesley Stevens and gave birth to her pride and joy, Pearlie Inez and Billy Wayne. She later met and married Lonnie Dupre. Evelyn worked many years for JM Woods and was in the building on the day of the Waco Tornado. She and some of her co-workers hid under cutting tables during the storm. Upon retiring, she worked for Little Sunbeam Day Care, where she found her calling, taking care of newborns. One of her first babies came to her just a few weeks old. He was little Eric that she loved until she left us. In 1980 she started caring for babies in her home on Reuter. To all of them she was Nanny. Many of her babies are now lawyers, business professionals, police officers, and doctors, only a few are now in college. In 2002, Nanny let her last little bird, Jessica, leave her loving nest. After a short illness, Nanny stopped caring for babies, but took on the job of caring for her great-great-grandchildren. She was always there for anyone. Over the years Mamaw and Papaw took care of family children. They would also go each Sunday after church to visit the cripple children at the old Providence Hospital. For many she was Nanny, but we called her Mamaw and no one will ever take her place in our hearts. As her former babies and grandchildren would say, she had a sweet kind way. She always had a smile and tender heart. Preceding her in death was her husband, Lonnie Dupre; daughter, Pearl Williams; son, Billy Wayne Stevens; brother, James Darvin Ivey; sisters, Jewel Coker, Dorothy Lummus, Margret Redding and Ruby Walker; Great-Granddaughter, Stephanie Graham; and Great-Great-Grandson, William Jonathan Graham. She is survived by her sister, Vernell Trevillion of Pearland Texas; grandchildren, Billie and John Graham of Mount Calm, Steve and Pat Schwarz of Hewitt, Bobbie and Rick Griggs of Gholson, Wendy and Fred Lenz of Deer Park, Texas, and Loree Dodd of Pasadena, Texas; and many great-grandchildren, Pearlie Graham, Sarah Graham, Steven "S.J." Graham, of Mount Calm, Michael Graham of Quinlan, Texas, Steven Robert and Katie Schwarz of Ft. Worth, Texas, Michael Wayne and Jill McCullough, Emily and Ian of Hewitt, Texas, Justin McCullough of Waco, Beau McCullough, Derek Dodd of Clear Lake, Texas, and Chad and Colt Dodd of Deer Park, Texas. Mamaw will be missed dearly by all of us kids, but we know she is in a better place and will be waiting for us. Pallbearers will be Steven Justin Graham, Rick Griggs, Justin McCullough, Michael Wayne McCullough, Eric Nemec and Steven Robert Schwarz.