Spouses
Birth Date9 Mar 1925
Birth PlaceNorth Carolina
Death Date20 Nov 2015 Age: 90
Death PlaceFayette, Fayette County, Alabama
Misc. Notes
James "Jim" Avent, age 90, of Fayette, died November 20, 2015, at Fayette Medical Center.
Jim Avent was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Earle Avent; daughter, Rebecca E. Brown; parents, Jessie and Sarah Avent; brother, Robert Avent; and sisters, Annie Lee Freeman and Mary Ellen Mobley.
Survivors include his daughter, Deborah A. Sims of Coker; sons, Thomas Steven Avent of Winfield and James Alex Avent of Fayette; brother, Jack Avent of Aventon, N.C.; son-in-law, David Brown; 11 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Jim was the owner of Avent's 7-11 in Fayette for many years.