Evelyn J. Clayter-Roper, 97, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, December 13, 2019 at Twin Oaks Nursing Facility in Lansing, Kansas.

Funeral services, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 12:00 Noon at Shiloh Baptist Church. Visitation with the family will be Friday, December 20th from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery following services on Saturday.

The Arensberg-Pruett has been entrusted with the final arrangements. Complete obituary at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Evelyn was born April 14, 1922 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Ewing and Bertha Miller Bratton. She attended Lincoln Elementary School, graduating from Atchison High School in 1940. She then attended Emporia State College, Emporia, Kansas.

She and Marvin Clayter, Sr., were united in marriage on August 1, 1940 in Atchison, Kansas. Mr. Clayter preceded her in death on June 29, 1978. She then was united in marriage to Willie Roper, Sr., on July 6, 1986 in Atchison, Kansas. Mr. Roper preceded her in death on February 24, 1999.

Evelyn was employed with Sunflower Ordinance and Mount St. Scholastica and then with Maur Hill Prep School in the custodial department for thirty two years retiring in 1984.

She was a member of Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church where she served as a missionary, stewardess, trustee and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Christian Women United and Club Riviera. Evelyn volunteered for Mount St. Scholastica and the Citizens for Community Action Scholarship program.

Survivors include five sons, Marvin Clayter, Jr., Leavenworth, KS; Roy Clayter, Leavenworth, KS; Jerry Clayter, Lutz, FL; Jess Roper, Kansas City, KS; Rev. Bill Roper, Grandview, MO; a foster son, Gary Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN; and a foster daughter, Peggy Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN; a brother, Arthur Bratton, Atchison, KS; a sister, Naomi Hutchinson, Leavenworth, KS; twenty one grandchildren, fourteen step grandchildren, and numerous great-great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husbands; sons, Frank Kenneth Clayter; Rev. Willie Roper; Richard A. Clayter; step-daughter, Mary Russell; three brothers, Frank, Donald and Paul Bratton; three sisters, Florence Gillum, Dorothy Bratton, Neola Bratton sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Marjorie (Walter) Jones; and a grandson, Richard Clayter.