-During her elementary school years, she attended the Mt. Zion School which was close to their farm in rural Edmond, Lincoln Twp., OK.
- After they moved into town ‏(Edmond)‏, she attended Central State Normal, teachers' training college, for one term before they moved to Fairfield, IA.
- In 1919-1920, she attended the Church of God Bible Training School ‏(college)‏ in Anderson, IN. ‏[It is now a Church of God University.]‏ After she completed her first year, she, her parents, and siblings made the longest move ever ... to So. California! Eva returned to college in the fall of 1920, but she was called back home to take care of her mother who was ill after the birth of her eighth child. Eva did not return to college after that. However, she became a lifetime Bible scholar and she never stopped studying the Bible and its history and sharing it with others.

Source: Daughter, Marjorie, the author, from conversations with parents through the years, and original letters of their correspondence, held by author.

- As a young girl, she went to market with her father to sell produce from their farm in Edmond, OK. They grew lots of watermelons, too. They had no truck in those days; they loaded it all on a horse-drawn wagon to take it to market.
- During 1918-1919, she worked at a candy store and a mitten factory when she and her family lived in Fairfield, IA, for a short time before they moved to CA.
- In the early 1920's, she clerked at the J.C. Penney's store on Second St. in Pomona, CA, where she actually met Mr. J.C. Penney in person.
- In the 1920's, she taught ‏(Hawaiian)‏ steel guitar at various music studios in the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County area. At times, she opened her own music studios. She was self-taught through correspondence courses. Her teaching career continued for thirty-five years.
- After she retired from teaching, she worked as an Avon sales representative. She won lots of prizes and awards for selling the most products within certain time periods called campaigns.
- Later, she sold greeting cards door-to-door.
- After she retired, she took care of her elderly parents until their passing.

- In the 1920's she worked with the youth group at the First Church of God in Pomona, and she established their first church library. She was blessed with a beautiful singing voice and sang at church, and even on the radio for a while during this time.
- In the late 1920's and early 1930's, she did missionary work in the Los Angeles area. During the late 1920's, for a year or so, she went back to Oklahoma to do gospel work. In those days, special church meetings were held at the old schoolhouses. She led the singing, sang specials, and did chalk drawings to illustrate the messages given by the minister. At some of those meetings, the minister was Walter J. Hockaday ‏(her husband to be in a few years ... unbeknownst to them at the time)‏.

She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, made many beautiful crocheted items ‏(clothing and doilies)‏, and was an accomplished seamstress.

Talented artist, vocalist, and musician.