Ms. Avent, 49, died at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada on Tuesday, February 27 (2018).

She was born in Winona on June 30, 1968, to John O. and Willie Sue Blaylock Avent. She was disabled, but had worked as a sales associate at Walmart in Winona and as a certified nurse assistant at Winona Manor. She served in the Mississippi Army National Guard and was a member of Christ Community Church in Grenada. She was preceded in death by her mother.

Survivors include her father, John O. Avent of Winona; sisters, Brenda Rigby (Jerry) of Carmack and Gail Johnson (James "Bubba") of Eupora; brother, John G. Avent (Angel) of French Camp; nieces and nephews, Rosie Rigby Terry, Bobbie Sue Horne, James Travis 
Johnson, Hunter Johnson, and Zach Avent; one great-niece; and three great-nephews.

Pallbearers will be Zach Avent, James Travis Johnson, Hunter Johnson, Chris Terry, and Dustin Horne; and honorary pallbearers will be Laike Horne, Luke Terry, and Lane Horne.