Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameMYERS, Denverzane Billy
Birth Date6 Dec 1925
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
OccupationWelder
Death Date7 Jan 2000 Age: 74
Death PlaceClay County, Mississippi
FlagsServed in the Military, World War II
Misc. Notes
Denverzane "Bill" Myers, 74, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2000, at his home.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
He was a member of the Church of God in Starkville and was a retired A-fitter welder for Babcock & Wilcox Company after 27 years of service.
He was a native of Mantee and moved to West Point in 1932.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Joseph and Rosa Grissom Myers; and his first wife, Maycel Jean Charles Myers on Nov. 26, 1960.
Spouses
1AVENT, Ruby , 5G Granddaughter
Birth Date15 Feb 1934
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
Death Date31 May 2006 Age: 72
Death PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
FatherAVENT, Rev. John Robert (1906-1986)
MotherHOOPER, Lucille (1907-1996)
Misc. Notes
Ruby Avent Myers, 72, died May 31, 2006, at her home in Cedar Bluff.

Mrs. Myers was a retired homemaker and a member of the Starkville Church of God.

Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in law, Clayton Myers, and Darrell and Deborah Myers of Cedar Bluff, and Wayne and Stella Myers of Thomasville, Ala.; six brothers, J.G. Avent and Harvey Avent of Pittsburg, Texas, M.D. Avent, Jimmy Avent and Joseph Avent of Clarkson, and John Avent of Kilmichael; six sisters, Katherine Ray of Bradley, Joyce Wolf of Grayville, Ill., Jewel Wilson of New Caney, Texas, Eva Mae Poe of Fame, Grace Ellis of Ellisville and June Coleman of Cedar Bluff; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Mrs. Myers was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Myers; her parents, Lucille Hooper Avent and John Robert Avent; two brothers, Ethel Lee Fason and Glenn Avent; and a sister, Elsie Lucille Avent.
Marr Date21 Apr 1961
ChildrenClayton
 Joseph Wayne (1962-)
Last Modified 30 May 2022Created 1 Mar 2024 by Robert Avent