Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameAVENT, Maj. Frank Vernon III 
, 6G Grandson
, 6G GrandsonBirth Date17 Oct 1930
Birth PlaceBlackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia
Death Date29 Jun 2017 Age: 86
Death PlaceHobgood, Halifax County, North Carolina
FlagsServed in the Military, Vietnam War
FatherAVENT, Frank Vernon Jr. (1910-1965)
MotherTUGGLE, Beverly (1911-2006)
Misc. Notes
Frank, born on October 17, 1930 in Blackstone, VA to the late Frank Vernon Avent, Jr. and Beverly Tuggle Avent attended high school in Red Oak, NC and the Riverside Military Academy in Georgia.
A Major in the U.S. Army, Frank’s military career spanned over 20 years. During his service, he was stationed in Iceland, Germany, and Hawaii, and saw 12 months of combat in Vietnam.
Upon his discharge, Frank moved to Rocky Mount and went to work for Peoples Bank, beginning yet another career in the banking business. In 1978 he started commuting to the Peoples Bank branch in Scotland Neck and a year later became the manager of Peoples Bank in Hobgood, rising to the position of Senior Vice President Branch Administrator for twelve branches.
In September 1980 Frank and his wife, Pat, moved to Hobgood to make their home.
After his retirement from banking in 1995, Frank served on various boards, committees, and organizations in Halifax County and earned a degree in Business Administration from Edgecombe Community College. He was an influential member of the Halifax County Economic Development Commission, the Center for Energy Education, as well as the Chairman of the Halifax Community College Board of Trustees. In 2012 he received the Long Leaf Pine Award, which honors people who have helped serve the state of North Carolina.
The Halifax County Board of Commissioners has requested that the NC Department of Transportation rename a part of the road between Scotland Neck and Hobgood to Frank V. Avent, III Highway in honor of Frank’s years of service to the county.
A devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Frank served as a Mason for 61 years and spent his life trying to help people. He coined the phrase, “Working together works”. Frank was a community icon and will be greatly missed by his family, his friends and neighbors in Hobgood, and the citizens of Halifax County.
Frank is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Daphine “Pat” Toler Avent; his sons, Frank Vernon Avent, IV and wife Pattie of The Villages, FL, Michael Wayne Avent and wife Sue of Lutz, FL, and William Neil Avent of Charlotte; his step-daughter, Debra “Debbie” Gail Campbell Roach of Tarboro; and his four beautiful granddaughters, Ashley Avent, Melissa Avent Brown, Amanda Avent, and Kathryn Avent.
A Major in the U.S. Army, Frank’s military career spanned over 20 years. During his service, he was stationed in Iceland, Germany, and Hawaii, and saw 12 months of combat in Vietnam.
Upon his discharge, Frank moved to Rocky Mount and went to work for Peoples Bank, beginning yet another career in the banking business. In 1978 he started commuting to the Peoples Bank branch in Scotland Neck and a year later became the manager of Peoples Bank in Hobgood, rising to the position of Senior Vice President Branch Administrator for twelve branches.
In September 1980 Frank and his wife, Pat, moved to Hobgood to make their home.
After his retirement from banking in 1995, Frank served on various boards, committees, and organizations in Halifax County and earned a degree in Business Administration from Edgecombe Community College. He was an influential member of the Halifax County Economic Development Commission, the Center for Energy Education, as well as the Chairman of the Halifax Community College Board of Trustees. In 2012 he received the Long Leaf Pine Award, which honors people who have helped serve the state of North Carolina.
The Halifax County Board of Commissioners has requested that the NC Department of Transportation rename a part of the road between Scotland Neck and Hobgood to Frank V. Avent, III Highway in honor of Frank’s years of service to the county.
A devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Frank served as a Mason for 61 years and spent his life trying to help people. He coined the phrase, “Working together works”. Frank was a community icon and will be greatly missed by his family, his friends and neighbors in Hobgood, and the citizens of Halifax County.
Frank is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Daphine “Pat” Toler Avent; his sons, Frank Vernon Avent, IV and wife Pattie of The Villages, FL, Michael Wayne Avent and wife Sue of Lutz, FL, and William Neil Avent of Charlotte; his step-daughter, Debra “Debbie” Gail Campbell Roach of Tarboro; and his four beautiful granddaughters, Ashley Avent, Melissa Avent Brown, Amanda Avent, and Kathryn Avent.
Spouses
Birth Date9 Sep 1933
Birth PlaceNash County, North Carolina
Death Date17 Jan 2020 Age: 86
Death PlaceHobgood, Halifax County, North Carolina
Misc. Notes
Daphine Toler “Pat” Avent, age 86, of Hobgood, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2020 at her home following an extended illness.
She was born on September 9, 1933 to the late Jesse and Nannie Toler.
Pat worked as a Operator with the phone company for twenty-four years. She was a member of Hope Free Will Baptist Church in Scotland Neck and loved county music and shopping. Pat enjoyed the time she spent with her family and loved taking trips to Atlantic City.
In addition to her parents, Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Vernon Avent, III; her sister, Linda Osterhoudt; and her brothers, Jack, J.C., and Jerry Toler.
Pat is survived by her daughter, Debbie Roach of Hobgood; four sons, Steve Campbell and his wife Bonnie of Independence, VA, Frank V. Avent, IV and his wife Pattie of The Villages, FL, Michael W. Avent and his wife Sue of Lutz, FL, and William Neal Avent of Charlotte; two sisters, Deloris Weston and Joanne Newcomb, both of Rocky Mount; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was born on September 9, 1933 to the late Jesse and Nannie Toler.
Pat worked as a Operator with the phone company for twenty-four years. She was a member of Hope Free Will Baptist Church in Scotland Neck and loved county music and shopping. Pat enjoyed the time she spent with her family and loved taking trips to Atlantic City.
In addition to her parents, Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Vernon Avent, III; her sister, Linda Osterhoudt; and her brothers, Jack, J.C., and Jerry Toler.
Pat is survived by her daughter, Debbie Roach of Hobgood; four sons, Steve Campbell and his wife Bonnie of Independence, VA, Frank V. Avent, IV and his wife Pattie of The Villages, FL, Michael W. Avent and his wife Sue of Lutz, FL, and William Neal Avent of Charlotte; two sisters, Deloris Weston and Joanne Newcomb, both of Rocky Mount; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.