Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NamePRICE, Lelah 
Spouses
1AVENT, Charles Kirk , GGGG Grandson
, GGGG GrandsonBirth Date19 Jul 1877
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
OccupationMerchant, Farmer and Prison Commissioner
Cause of DeaHeart Failure
Death Date26 Oct 1952 Age: 75
Death PlaceMemphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
FatherAVENT, William Jasper (1843-1929)
MotherQUINN, Sarah Ellenor (1845-1912)
Misc. Notes
Moved to Coldwater from Webster County in 1918—age 41—were he was the junior member of the mercantile establishment McCollough, Avent & Company and later held extensive farming interests in Tate and Tunica counties.
Was very active in promoting civic and cultural projects in Coldwater and Prichard, Mississippi. He both was a charter member of the Coldwater Lions Club and served as its president. He won the Lion's Club Outstanding Citizen Award in 1949.
At the time of his death he was serving as a Commissioner of the State Penitentiary, Parchman, having been appointed by Governor Wright Fielding.
He served as a deacon in the Baptist Church in Coldwater.
Was very active in promoting civic and cultural projects in Coldwater and Prichard, Mississippi. He both was a charter member of the Coldwater Lions Club and served as its president. He won the Lion's Club Outstanding Citizen Award in 1949.
At the time of his death he was serving as a Commissioner of the State Penitentiary, Parchman, having been appointed by Governor Wright Fielding.
He served as a deacon in the Baptist Church in Coldwater.