Cleve was the youngest son of Hiram Noah Evans and Julia D. Tooten Evans, born on November 15, 1884, in Lee County, Mississippi.  His father passed away when he was five years old and he was raised by his mother, who never remarried, and with help by his other extended family nearby.

When Cleve was 25 years old, he was mentioned in the local paper as a witness at a trial:

The Tupelo Journal
July 15, 1910

Cleve Evans is a witness in a murder trial. He testified that Albert Brown shot and killed Alonzo Addison.

The next year, he married on January 31, 1911, in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, a girl from the Union Community named Betty A. Dodson.  She was the daughter of Charles A. Dodson and Julia Ann Edwards Dodson, and she was born on October 21, 1887.  

The Tupelo Journal
March 21, 1913

Mr. Cleveland Evans, of Plantersville, was in town Friday.

Cleve was not from a wealthy family, but it's interesting to see that he was mentioned in the paper as a relatively young man.  He was a farmer for most of his life.  Though Cleve and Betty never had any children of their own, they adopted and raised James Donald Evans as their son.  Cleve lived a relatively long life, and passed away at the age of 72, on September 15, 1957.  The Tupelo Daily Journal carried this obituary:

The Tupelo Daily Journal
September 16, 1957; page 4

'Cleve' Evans Dies In Union Community
    G.C. (Cleve) Evans, lifelong resident and farmer in the Union community south of Plantersville, died at 11:25 a.m. Sunday at Community Hospital of a stroke.  He was 73.
    Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Union Methodist Church with the Rev. Crawford Ray and the Rev. J.I. Berryhill officiating.  Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors in charge.
    Mr. Evans had suffered a stroke five days ago.  Following treatment, he was dismissed from the hospital Saturdsay, but suffered another stroke at his home about 6:30 a.m. Sunday and was again rushed to the hospital.
    He was a trustee of the Union Methodist Church and an elder in the Union Presbyterian Church, having also served as finance committee chairman when the latter church was rebuilt several years ago.  he was married on Jan. 31, 1911 in Pontotoc to Miss. Betty Dodson.
    Mr. Evans leaves his wife; a son, James Evans of Union; and two grandchildren.

Betty lived for almost another sixteen years, but on May 6, 1973, she passed away also:

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
May 7, 1973; page 18

Mrs. Evans Funeral Set
    Lifelong Resident Of This Area

    Mrs. Betty Evans, 85, died at 2:37 a.m. Sunday at North Mississippi Medical Center after an illness of one month.
    She lived in the Union Community south of Plantersville.
    Mrs. Evans was a member of the Union Methodist Church and a lifelong resident of this area.  She was the widow of G.C. Evans and was known by her friends and family as "Aunt Betty."
    Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Union United Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Union Cemetery with the Rev. Eddie Roberts officiating.
    Pallbearers will be her nephews.  W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors are in charge.
    Survivors are one son, James Evans, of the Union Community; two sisters, Mrs. J.C. Bailey of Amory and Mrs. J.H. Cox of Tupelo; one brother, Joe Dodson of Pontotoc; six grandchildren.

James Donald Evans (md. Zella Larue Culver and Betty Jean Payne) 
     James was related to Cleve somehow, he might have been a nephew, but he was adopted and raised by Cleve and Betty as their own child.  He was born on April 3, 1928 and married Zella on March 25, 1949, in Lee County.  They were divorced later that year and did not have any children.  He later married Betty Jean Payne, daughter of Levi Thomas Payne and Mary Elizabeth Price Payne.  She was about three years younger than him.  They had a number of children together.  He was an antique collector and a member of the Mississippi National Guard.  He passed away on July 6, 1985, in Tupelo and was buried the next day in the Union Cemetery.  Betty Jean passed away on November 20, 2001.  She was also buried at the Union Cemetery.