Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameAVENT, John Orvin , 5G Grandson
Birth Date10 May 1935 Age: 88
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
FatherAVENT, Rev. John Robert (1906-1986)
MotherHOOPER, Lucille (1907-1996)
Spouses
Birth Date5 Oct 1938
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
Death Date20 Dec 2011 Age: 73
Death PlaceJackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
Misc. Notes
Mrs. Avent died of heart failure at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson on Tuesday, December 20. She was 73 years old.

Mrs. Avent was the daughter of the late Travis Redell and Ruby Neal Gordon Blaylock. She was a homemaker and a member of the Winona church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Redell Ware.

Survivors include her husband, John O. Avent of Winona; three daughters, Brenda Sue Rigby of Carmack, Gayle Johnson of Eupora, and Debra K. Avent of Tupelo; one son, John Gordon Avent of Kilmichael; three sisters, Weida Pyron of Duck Hill, Linda McEachern of Tupelo, and Glenda Evans of Winona; one brother, Neal Blaylock of McCarley; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Aubie Pearman, Brett Evans, Dustin Horne, Keith Ware, Bobby Doyle Jones, and Jason Blaylock. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Pyron and all of Mrs. Avent's grandsons.
Marr Date1958
Marr PlaceWalthall, Webster County, Mississippi
ChildrenBrenda Sue (1959-)
 Ruby Gail (1961-)
 Debra Kay (1968-2018)
 John Gordon (1971-)
Last Modified 26 Jun 1996Created 1 Mar 2024 by Robert Avent