Services Held
Funeral Services were held Friday, 10 a.m. at the Church of Christ for Sterling Avants who died July 5 at Leisure Lodge.
Bud Hales was the officiating minister and arrangements were with Hawkins Funeral Home. Burial was in Post Oak Cemetery.
Pal bearers were W.A. Cook, Raymond Bowen, John Berry, Harold West, Robert Peterson and Ben Johnson.
Sterling Avants was born June 30, 1882 in Johnson County, the son of John Stone and Sarah Ann Rich Avants.
He was married Feb. 21, 1950 at Bryson to Emma Denning.
A retired farmer, he moved here from Bryson 13 years ago.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Emma Avants of Jacksboro; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Eubanks and Mrs. Charles H. Conner, three sons, Harold Avants of Beaumont, Owen Avants of Fort Worth, Grady Avants of Avoca; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Jimmie Freeman of Ivanhoe.
Services Held
Funeral Services were held Friday, 10 a.m. at the Church of Christ for Sterling Avants who died July 5 at Leisure Lodge.
Bud Hales was the officiating minister and arrangements were with Hawkins Funeral Home. Burial was in Post Oak Cemetery.
Pal bearers were W.A. Cook, Raymond Bowen, John Berry, Harold West, Robert Peterson and Ben Johnson.
Sterling Avants was born June 30, 1882 in Johnson County, the son of John Stone and Sarah Ann Rich Avants.
He was married Feb. 21, 1950 at Bryson to Emma Denning.
A retired farmer, he moved here from Bryson 13 years ago.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Emma Avants of Jacksboro; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Eubanks and Mrs. Charles H. Conner, three sons, Harold Avants of Beaumont, Owen Avants of Fort Worth, Grady Avants of Avoca; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Jimmie Freeman of Ivanhoe.
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