DEXTER -- Terrell Evans, 85, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991, in a hospital there.

He was born Aug. 22, 1906, in the Dexter area, son of Randall and Zora Evans. He and Doris Darby were married June 3, 1931, here.

Evans was a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla. He was an engineer at the Bureau of Mines in Boulder City, Nev. He also learned the family pottery trade from his father, who served two terms as sheriff of Stoddard County.

He held a pottery display at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau several years ago. Evans operated a pottery in Las Vegas the past few years. He was a member of Christ Church Episcopal, Shriners and Scottish Rite. He was a 50-year member of Dexter Masonic Lodge 352 AF&AM.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Charles Evans of Upland, Calif.; two sisters, Lois Mooney and Lucille Dossett of Bloomfield; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Monday at Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas.