Funeral services will be Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, at 1 p.m. in Maryville Pentecostal Holiness Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Tommy Cox. Burial, directed by Graham Funeral Home, will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday at the funeral home.
Mr. Avant was born Sept. 18, 1918, in Georgetown, a son of the late Robert D. Avant and Agnes Cribb Avant.
He was a retired employee with International Paper Company. He was a World War II Army veteran. He served in the European Theater and was a member of the Normandy Invasion. He was a member of Georgetown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his wife, Margie L. Avant of Georgetown; a son Tony D. Avant of Union, Ky.; two daughters, Teresa Odom and Darlene Howard of Georgetown; five grandchildren, Fonda Odom and Lacie Avant, both of Myrtle Beach, Lucas Avant of Union, Ky., and Kelsey Howard and Kellie Howard, both of Georgetown; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Published in The Georgetown Times, Nov 21, 2005.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, at 1 p.m. in Maryville Pentecostal Holiness Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Tommy Cox. Burial, directed by Graham Funeral Home, will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday at the funeral home.
Mr. Avant was born Sept. 18, 1918, in Georgetown, a son of the late Robert D. Avant and Agnes Cribb Avant.
He was a retired employee with International Paper Company. He was a World War II Army veteran. He served in the European Theater and was a member of the Normandy Invasion. He was a member of Georgetown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his wife, Margie L. Avant of Georgetown; a son Tony D. Avant of Union, Ky.; two daughters, Teresa Odom and Darlene Howard of Georgetown; five grandchildren, Fonda Odom and Lacie Avant, both of Myrtle Beach, Lucas Avant of Union, Ky., and Kelsey Howard and Kellie Howard, both of Georgetown; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Published in The Georgetown Times, Nov 21, 2005.
Family Members
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Harris Blount Avant
1885–1956
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Eva Avant Weaver
1891–1944
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Lettie Ruth Avant Wall
1893–1976
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Israel Calvin Avant
1897–1963
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Sallie Anne Avant Barr
1900–1944
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Miriam "Minnie" Avant
1903–1919
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James Theodore Avant
1908–1977
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Willie Jane Avant Howell
1913–1991
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Walter R "Shorty" Avant
1915–1973
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Mary Elizabeth Avant Miller
1922–2001
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