Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameAVENT, Charles Kirk 
Birth Date19 Jul 1877
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
OccupationMerchant
Death Date26 Oct 1952 Age: 75
Death PlaceMemphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
FatherAVENT, William Jasper (1843-1929)
MotherQUINN, Sarah Ellenor (1845-1912)
Misc. Notes
Moved to Coldwater from Webster County in 1918—age 41—were he was the junior member of the mercantile establishment McCollough, Avent & Company and later held extensive farming interests in Tate and Tunica counties.
Was very active in promoting civic and cultural projects in Coldwater and Prichard, Mississippi. He both was a charter member of the Coldwater Lions Club and served as its president. He won the Lion's Club Outstanding Citizen Award in 1949.
At the time of his death he was serving as a Commissioner of the Sate Penitentiary, Parchman, having been appointed by Governor Wright Fielding.
He served as a deacon in the Baptist Church in Coldwater.
Was very active in promoting civic and cultural projects in Coldwater and Prichard, Mississippi. He both was a charter member of the Coldwater Lions Club and served as its president. He won the Lion's Club Outstanding Citizen Award in 1949.
At the time of his death he was serving as a Commissioner of the Sate Penitentiary, Parchman, having been appointed by Governor Wright Fielding.
He served as a deacon in the Baptist Church in Coldwater.
Spouses
Birth Date5 Mar 1880
Birth PlaceTate County, Mississippi
OccupationHomemaker
Cause of DeaHypertension
Death Date16 Dec 1945 Age: 65
FatherMILLER, James C. (1844-1928)
MotherALDRIDGE, Sarah Josephine (1854-1924)
Misc. Notes
From the Coldwater newspaper obituary:
"Mrs. Avent had not been in good health for a long time but her condition did not become critical until Friday afternoon and even then friends and relatives believed and hoped that she would rally as she had when stricken with attacks before. Mrs. Avent was born in 1880, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller of DeSoto County, near Hernando. In 1903 she married C. K. Avent of Coldwater. To this union was born one son, Dr. Harold Avent, of Memphis.
Mrs. Avent was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in church and civic work as long as her health would permit. Her suffering which was intense at times during the past few years, was born with fortitude and cheerfulness. One of the most beloved and highly esteemed women of Coldwater, Mrs. Avent numbered her friends among people in every walk of life. Especially was she beloved of children and young people and in the days before Coldwater was moved, the school boys and girls of a few years back felt free and happy to run in to see her most any time, enjoy cookies and lemonade and her companionship for a while. These boys and girls are scattered over the face of the world today, for they are now men and women but all of them learned with sadness of her passing, for the memories of those days linger always.
The beautiful floral offerings and the large crowd both bespoke of the love and esteem in which Mrs. Avent was held by her relatives and friends."
In an interview on 03/26/95 by Robert Avent of Josephine Miller—a niece of Maud—she stated that Maud was her favorite aunt and that she was "always well dressed and seated". She indicated that Maud "never turned a hand at anything"; she had maids to do all the house work and cooking —all due to the fact that Maud suffered from malignant hypertension which eventually killed her. In fact she had a breakfast maid which was almost unheard of in Coldwater and Maud was known for having cheese biscuits for breakfast which was just as uncommon.
The local newspaper wedding announcement stated that Maud lived in Kerens, Texas, for approximately twelve months before she was married and this was where five years later that their son, Charles Harold, was born.
"Mrs. Avent had not been in good health for a long time but her condition did not become critical until Friday afternoon and even then friends and relatives believed and hoped that she would rally as she had when stricken with attacks before. Mrs. Avent was born in 1880, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller of DeSoto County, near Hernando. In 1903 she married C. K. Avent of Coldwater. To this union was born one son, Dr. Harold Avent, of Memphis.
Mrs. Avent was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in church and civic work as long as her health would permit. Her suffering which was intense at times during the past few years, was born with fortitude and cheerfulness. One of the most beloved and highly esteemed women of Coldwater, Mrs. Avent numbered her friends among people in every walk of life. Especially was she beloved of children and young people and in the days before Coldwater was moved, the school boys and girls of a few years back felt free and happy to run in to see her most any time, enjoy cookies and lemonade and her companionship for a while. These boys and girls are scattered over the face of the world today, for they are now men and women but all of them learned with sadness of her passing, for the memories of those days linger always.
The beautiful floral offerings and the large crowd both bespoke of the love and esteem in which Mrs. Avent was held by her relatives and friends."
In an interview on 03/26/95 by Robert Avent of Josephine Miller—a niece of Maud—she stated that Maud was her favorite aunt and that she was "always well dressed and seated". She indicated that Maud "never turned a hand at anything"; she had maids to do all the house work and cooking —all due to the fact that Maud suffered from malignant hypertension which eventually killed her. In fact she had a breakfast maid which was almost unheard of in Coldwater and Maud was known for having cheese biscuits for breakfast which was just as uncommon.
The local newspaper wedding announcement stated that Maud lived in Kerens, Texas, for approximately twelve months before she was married and this was where five years later that their son, Charles Harold, was born.
Marr Date1903
Marr MemoMr. McCluney was best man and Miss Georgia Root was the bride’s maid. Maud’s brother-in-law, Reverend Charles A. Loveless conducted the ceremony. The wedding was conducted at 9 o’clock on a Sunday evening.
ChildrenCharles Harold (1908-1948)
