Ava Lee Walker Black, 82, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. James Walker and Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home.
Ava was born in Freestone County, Texas, to the late Howard J. and Ada Rainer Walker. She was the only girl of four brothers and was raised at "Booger Corner" near Groesbeck. Upon high school graduation, Ava met Weldon Dee Black at a singing school. At the age of 19 they were married on December 21, 1949.
Although quiet and reserved, Ava was extremely independent. Once she set her mind to something there was nothing that she could not accomplish. Not a person to sit idle, Ava was always busy and had a wide variety of interest and talents. She was an excellent seamstress making everything from wedding dresses to baby blankets. Thinking of others first, she was a caregiver to both old and young. A great cook, everyone loved to eat at her house. No one went hungry, whether it were family or animals. She had a love for working in her yard. Being a perfectionist, Ava did the work herself. She was the family historian and enjoyed collecting everything from antiques to things of nature.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Weldon Dee Black.
Survivors include her son, Lonnie Dee Black and wife, Tamela, of Cold Springs; daughters, Cynthia Black O'Pry and husband, Ricky, of Mexia, and Julie Black Neal, of Mexia; grandchildren, Gregory Don O'Pry and wife, Rachel, Tara Cannon and husband, Travis, Craig Black and wife, Ashton, Allison Neal, and Thomas Black; great-grandchildren, Meagan, Jackson, Makenzie, Rebekah, Chance, and Kaydence; brothers, Heston Walker, of Chandler, Charles Walker, of Houston, James Walker, of Tyler and Dennis Walker, of Groesbeck; other relatives and many friends.
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Ava was born in Freestone County, Texas, to the late Howard J. and Ada Rainer Walker. She was the only girl of four brothers and was raised at "Booger Corner" near Groesbeck. Upon high school graduation, Ava met Weldon Dee Black at a singing school. At the age of 19 they were married on December 21, 1949.
Although quiet and reserved, Ava was extremely independent. Once she set her mind to something there was nothing that she could not accomplish. Not a person to sit idle, Ava was always busy and had a wide variety of interest and talents. She was an excellent seamstress making everything from wedding dresses to baby blankets. Thinking of others first, she was a caregiver to both old and young. A great cook, everyone loved to eat at her house. No one went hungry, whether it were family or animals. She had a love for working in her yard. Being a perfectionist, Ava did the work herself. She was the family historian and enjoyed collecting everything from antiques to things of nature.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Weldon Dee Black.
Survivors include her son, Lonnie Dee Black and wife, Tamela, of Cold Springs; daughters, Cynthia Black O'Pry and husband, Ricky, of Mexia, and Julie Black Neal, of Mexia; grandchildren, Gregory Don O'Pry and wife, Rachel, Tara Cannon and husband, Travis, Craig Black and wife, Ashton, Allison Neal, and Thomas Black; great-grandchildren, Meagan, Jackson, Makenzie, Rebekah, Chance, and Kaydence; brothers, Heston Walker, of Chandler, Charles Walker, of Houston, James Walker, of Tyler and Dennis Walker, of Groesbeck; other relatives and many friends.
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Ava Lee Walker Black, 82, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. James Walker and Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home.
Ava was born in Freestone County, Texas, to the late Howard J. and Ada Rainer Walker. She was the only girl of four brothers and was raised at "Booger Corner" near Groesbeck. Upon high school graduation, Ava met Weldon Dee Black at a singing school. At the age of 19 they were married on December 21, 1949.
Although quiet and reserved, Ava was extremely independent. Once she set her mind to something there was nothing that she could not accomplish. Not a person to sit idle, Ava was always busy and had a wide variety of interest and talents. She was an excellent seamstress making everything from wedding dresses to baby blankets. Thinking of others first, she was a caregiver to both old and young. A great cook, everyone loved to eat at her house. No one went hungry, whether it were family or animals. She had a love for working in her yard. Being a perfectionist, Ava did the work herself. She was the family historian and enjoyed collecting everything from antiques to things of nature.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Weldon Dee Black.
Survivors include her son, Lonnie Dee Black and wife, Tamela, of Cold Springs; daughters, Cynthia Black O'Pry and husband, Ricky, of Mexia, and Julie Black Neal, of Mexia; grandchildren, Gregory Don O'Pry and wife, Rachel, Tara Cannon and husband, Travis, Craig Black and wife, Ashton, Allison Neal, and Thomas Black; great-grandchildren, Meagan, Jackson, Makenzie, Rebekah, Chance, and Kaydence; brothers, Heston Walker, of Chandler, Charles Walker, of Houston, James Walker, of Tyler and Dennis Walker, of Groesbeck; other relatives and many friends.
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Ava was born in Freestone County, Texas, to the late Howard J. and Ada Rainer Walker. She was the only girl of four brothers and was raised at "Booger Corner" near Groesbeck. Upon high school graduation, Ava met Weldon Dee Black at a singing school. At the age of 19 they were married on December 21, 1949.
Although quiet and reserved, Ava was extremely independent. Once she set her mind to something there was nothing that she could not accomplish. Not a person to sit idle, Ava was always busy and had a wide variety of interest and talents. She was an excellent seamstress making everything from wedding dresses to baby blankets. Thinking of others first, she was a caregiver to both old and young. A great cook, everyone loved to eat at her house. No one went hungry, whether it were family or animals. She had a love for working in her yard. Being a perfectionist, Ava did the work herself. She was the family historian and enjoyed collecting everything from antiques to things of nature.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Weldon Dee Black.
Survivors include her son, Lonnie Dee Black and wife, Tamela, of Cold Springs; daughters, Cynthia Black O'Pry and husband, Ricky, of Mexia, and Julie Black Neal, of Mexia; grandchildren, Gregory Don O'Pry and wife, Rachel, Tara Cannon and husband, Travis, Craig Black and wife, Ashton, Allison Neal, and Thomas Black; great-grandchildren, Meagan, Jackson, Makenzie, Rebekah, Chance, and Kaydence; brothers, Heston Walker, of Chandler, Charles Walker, of Houston, James Walker, of Tyler and Dennis Walker, of Groesbeck; other relatives and many friends.
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