The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2 pm in Bethany United Methodist Church of James Island. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL Tuesday between 5 and 7 pm.
Mrs. Evans was born October 23, 1922, in Marion County, South Carolina, the daughter of Henry Bennett Avant and Laura Daisy Coleman Avant.
She was a graduate of Winthrop College, Class of 1943 and graduate study at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
She was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, DAR, Rebecca Motte Society, French Huguenot Society of Charleston, Garden Club of Riverland Terrance and the Friends of the Charleston County Public Library.
Mrs. Evans retired as the Librarian at Middleton High School. She was an avid reader, worked crossword puzzles and played bridge.
She is survived by her daughter: Nancy Evans Allegood of Charleston, SC; daughter-in law: Kathleen P. Evans of Charleston, SC; six grandchildren: Constance E. Allegood, William T. Allegood, Bennett G. Allegood, Samuel G. Allegood, Katherine A. Evans and Anna Grayson Evans; and one great grandson: Christopher T Mitchell She is predeceased by a son M. Grayson Evans, Jr. M.D. and a daughter, Irma Elysa Evans, R.N.
Memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church of James Island, 1853 Maybank Hwy., James Island, SC 29412 or to Winthrop College, Winthrop Fund, 701 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC 29733.
Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery.
The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2 pm in Bethany United Methodist Church of James Island. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL Tuesday between 5 and 7 pm.
Mrs. Evans was born October 23, 1922, in Marion County, South Carolina, the daughter of Henry Bennett Avant and Laura Daisy Coleman Avant.
She was a graduate of Winthrop College, Class of 1943 and graduate study at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
She was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, DAR, Rebecca Motte Society, French Huguenot Society of Charleston, Garden Club of Riverland Terrance and the Friends of the Charleston County Public Library.
Mrs. Evans retired as the Librarian at Middleton High School. She was an avid reader, worked crossword puzzles and played bridge.
She is survived by her daughter: Nancy Evans Allegood of Charleston, SC; daughter-in law: Kathleen P. Evans of Charleston, SC; six grandchildren: Constance E. Allegood, William T. Allegood, Bennett G. Allegood, Samuel G. Allegood, Katherine A. Evans and Anna Grayson Evans; and one great grandson: Christopher T Mitchell She is predeceased by a son M. Grayson Evans, Jr. M.D. and a daughter, Irma Elysa Evans, R.N.
Memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church of James Island, 1853 Maybank Hwy., James Island, SC 29412 or to Winthrop College, Winthrop Fund, 701 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC 29733.
Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery.
Family Members
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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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Johnson Whilden Avant
1921–1962
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Earl Stanley Avant
1925–2000
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