EVELYNN BELLE GREGG, 84, the daughter of Allan Lynn and Olive Belle (Blakely) Rogers, was born Dec. 1, 1922, in Schell City, Mo., and died on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at St. John s Hospital in Springfield, Mo.

Evelynn lived in Schell City then moved with her paternal grandparents, George and Myrtle Rogers, to Gravette. She graduated from Gravette High School in May 1940 as Class Valedictorian. Upon graduation she moved to Hollis, Okla. to live with her mother.

She married Bill Gregg on June 3, 1951, in Amarillo, Texas, and moved back to Arkansas in October 1953. In Arkansas she and Bill were business owners and farmed. She went to work at the 1st National Bank in Green Forest, in September 1960, where she worked for 23 years. In 1971 she was promoted to vice president, making her the first female banking vice president in the Arkansas who was not a family member.

Evelynn and Bill loved to dance and they traveled extensively after retirement. They shared many hours of dancing in various locations from Europe, Australia and Scandinavia and even on a cruise ship in the Thames River in England. Locally, they enjoyed American Legion, Elks and Moose Lodges. One year during the street dance at The Annual Fall Festival in Schell City they danced until each had worn holes in their dancing shoes. It seemed anywhere there was dancing music they were there, and those watching them move together so smoothly around the dance floor knew they were dancing partners of the heart.

Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Bill; her daughters, Anita Beasley of Newburg, Mo., Janet Sanders and her husband Phillip Sanders of Battlefield, Mo., and her son, Don Gregg and his wife Jackie of Lewisville, Texas. Also, surviving her are her cousins, Betty Blakely and Jr. Blakely, both of Schell City, Mo., 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Romalee Phillips and cousin Jack Kabrick.

Funeral services Saturday, Dec. 9, in Schell City.