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Birth Date11 Sep 1920
Birth PlaceBogue Chitto, Lincoln County, Mississippi
Death Date8 May 2003 Age: 82
Death PlaceBogue Chitto, Lincoln County, Mississippi
FlagsServed in the Military, World War II
Misc. Notes
Mr. Avants, 82, died May 8, 2003, at his residence. He was born in Bogue Chitto on Sept. 11, 1920, to William Alonzo Avants and Myrtis Lavenia Burns Avants.
He was a retired self-employed painter. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He was a World War II army veteran.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Nina Marie Reid Avants; and a son, Michael Lee Avants.
Survivors are his sons, Rodger Dale Avants and Danny Thomas Avants, both of Bogue Chitto; his daughters, Wanda Gayle Williamson of Ruth, and Deborah Williams of Brookhaven; his brother, James Avants of Fed, La.; his sisters, Jo Pearl Allen of Jackson, and Aline Porter of Bogue Chitto; and seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Mildred Smith
Marr Date1 May 1948
Marr PlaceLincoln County, Mississippi