MARION - Johnson Whilden Avant, 41, died about midnight Saturday at a hospital at Barberton, Ohio, after a short illness.
Born in Marion, he was the son of the late H. B. and Daisy Coleman Avant.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete but will be held in Barberton.
Surviving are his widow, the former Ann Hoffman; three sons, John Avant of US Marine Corps. Florida, Tommy Avant and Terry Avant of the home; one daughter, Kathy Avant of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Harold Craven, Mrs. R. E. Smith Jr., and Mrs. Benton Atkinson of Marion, Mrs. James T. Williams of Lumberton, N.C. and Mrs. M. G. Evans of Charleston; and two brothers, Dr. Earl Stanley Avant of Macon, Ga. and H. B. Avant of Charleston.
Published in the Morning News, July 23, 1962
MARION - Johnson Whilden Avant, 41, died about midnight Saturday at a hospital at Barberton, Ohio, after a short illness.
Born in Marion, he was the son of the late H. B. and Daisy Coleman Avant.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete but will be held in Barberton.
Surviving are his widow, the former Ann Hoffman; three sons, John Avant of US Marine Corps. Florida, Tommy Avant and Terry Avant of the home; one daughter, Kathy Avant of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Harold Craven, Mrs. R. E. Smith Jr., and Mrs. Benton Atkinson of Marion, Mrs. James T. Williams of Lumberton, N.C. and Mrs. M. G. Evans of Charleston; and two brothers, Dr. Earl Stanley Avant of Macon, Ga. and H. B. Avant of Charleston.
Published in the Morning News, July 23, 1962
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Jessie L. Avant
1905–1906
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Margaret Grace Avant Craven
1907–1994
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Evelyn Evangeline Avant Smith
1909–2000
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Gladys Avant Williams
1911–2001
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Talmage M. Avant
1912–1913
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Henry Bennett Avant Jr
1915–1994
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Flora Daisy Avant Atkinson Brown Marlowe
1917–2007
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James Bristow Avant
1918–1919
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Irma Avant Evans
1922–2010
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Earl Stanley Avant
1925–2000
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