Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 8/2/22


At around 5 p.m. on Aug. 3, 1998, an incident occurred near Nashville, N.C., in a cotton field on Rose Loop Road just down from the home and shop of Keith and Ann Evans that would forever change the life of the Evans family. That day, Keith’s brother, Steve Evans, was working with Keith’s 18-year-old son Jonathan, irrigating cotton while Keith was at another farm spraying cotton. Jonathan was looking after the irrigation system and Steve came to help move the reel.

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