The Resume

(May 30, 1918-June 21, 2007)
Born in Sugar Ridge, Ohio
Founded Bob Evans Farms (1948) to manufacture pork sausages
Launched the Bob Evans Restaurants chain (1962)
At the time of his death, the company had 590 stores in 18 states with sales of $1.6 billion annually

Why he might be annoying:

He first began making sausage in a building built with open ends at his father’s suggestion so it could be converted to a machine shed if the sausage business failed.
He opened his first restaurant because local restaurants were not interested in buying his sausage.
He first named his restaurant the Sausage Shop.
Googling for him gets a lot of hits for movie producer Robert Evans.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to Jewell Victoria Waters for 67 years.
His sausage used prime cuts of pork instead of the scraps often used by other brands.
He said, ‘You might say the truck drivers did my market research for me. They would tell me that this was the best sausage they ever had, and then buy ten-pound tubs to take home.’
He was honored three times by the National Wildlife Federation for his conservation efforts.
He established a breeding program to preserve the Mustang barb stallion.
His old homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 6)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 76]
• I Attended Ohio State University
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 89)
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• My Name, My Company
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 46751-47000 (Ranked: 46982)
• Restaurant Chains
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying