"The Randolph Leader" - June 9, 1999:
Harvey Roy Avery.
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Elder Harvey Roy Avery, 93, of Roanoke were Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Charlie Tucker, Kenneth Perry, Charles Estes and Ben Keeble officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
Elder Avery died Saturday, June 5, at his residence.
Elder Avery was a native of Tallapoosa County, born Feb. 4, 1906, the son of Robert Harvey Avery and Mattie Price Avery. He served as an active Primitive Baptist minister
for 70 years, serving a number of churches throughout east central Alabama. For the last several years, he served at Darien and his home church at Rocky Mount in the Beulah
Association. He was a devout supporter and teacher of Sacred Harp singing. Through the years, he taught annual singing schools at Rocky Mount. He was preceded in death by a son, William Harvey Roy Avery Jr.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mrs. Elma Duck Avery of Roanoke; five daughters, Frances Treadwell and Jean Payne of Newnan, Ga., Mattie Perry of Phoenix, Ariz., Ruby Dean Avery of Atlanta and Nellie Estes of Birmingham; one sister, Lydia Hawkins of North Carolina; one brother, Elder Marshall Avery of Douglasville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Calvin Bishop, Kenny Whitehead, Jim Monroe, Clyde Avery, Paul Mastronunzio, Charles B. Estes and Douglas Treadwell.
Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, was in charge of arrangements.
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Information from Nell Avery Estes pertaining to the church history in the life of Elder H.R. Avery:
Received by experience at Rocky Mount Church in 1924; baptized by Elder Walter D. Denney.
Liberated to preach by Rocky Mount Church in 1929.
Sardis Church, Talladega County, AL called for his ordination and was ordained at Rocky Mount Church June, 1929.
Known churches he pastored during his ministry, not in chronological order:
Rocky Mount - Daviston, AL
Mount Pisgah - Stroud, AL
Macedonia - LaFayette, AL
Darien - Wadley, AL
Concord - Wadley, AL
Providence - Ashland, AL
Salem - Tallassee, AL
Mount Olive - Opelika, AL
Ephesus - Alexander City, AL
Ephesus - Fairfax, AL
Bethel - Equality, AL
Zion's Rest - Roanoke, AL
Sardis - Talladega, AL
For 70 years he was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church.
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Harvey Roy Avery.
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Elder Harvey Roy Avery, 93, of Roanoke were Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Charlie Tucker, Kenneth Perry, Charles Estes and Ben Keeble officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
Elder Avery died Saturday, June 5, at his residence.
Elder Avery was a native of Tallapoosa County, born Feb. 4, 1906, the son of Robert Harvey Avery and Mattie Price Avery. He served as an active Primitive Baptist minister
for 70 years, serving a number of churches throughout east central Alabama. For the last several years, he served at Darien and his home church at Rocky Mount in the Beulah
Association. He was a devout supporter and teacher of Sacred Harp singing. Through the years, he taught annual singing schools at Rocky Mount. He was preceded in death by a son, William Harvey Roy Avery Jr.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mrs. Elma Duck Avery of Roanoke; five daughters, Frances Treadwell and Jean Payne of Newnan, Ga., Mattie Perry of Phoenix, Ariz., Ruby Dean Avery of Atlanta and Nellie Estes of Birmingham; one sister, Lydia Hawkins of North Carolina; one brother, Elder Marshall Avery of Douglasville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Calvin Bishop, Kenny Whitehead, Jim Monroe, Clyde Avery, Paul Mastronunzio, Charles B. Estes and Douglas Treadwell.
Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, was in charge of arrangements.
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Information from Nell Avery Estes pertaining to the church history in the life of Elder H.R. Avery:
Received by experience at Rocky Mount Church in 1924; baptized by Elder Walter D. Denney.
Liberated to preach by Rocky Mount Church in 1929.
Sardis Church, Talladega County, AL called for his ordination and was ordained at Rocky Mount Church June, 1929.
Known churches he pastored during his ministry, not in chronological order:
Rocky Mount - Daviston, AL
Mount Pisgah - Stroud, AL
Macedonia - LaFayette, AL
Darien - Wadley, AL
Concord - Wadley, AL
Providence - Ashland, AL
Salem - Tallassee, AL
Mount Olive - Opelika, AL
Ephesus - Alexander City, AL
Ephesus - Fairfax, AL
Bethel - Equality, AL
Zion's Rest - Roanoke, AL
Sardis - Talladega, AL
For 70 years he was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church.
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"The Randolph Leader" - June 9, 1999:
Harvey Roy Avery.
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Elder Harvey Roy Avery, 93, of Roanoke were Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Charlie Tucker, Kenneth Perry, Charles Estes and Ben Keeble officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
Elder Avery died Saturday, June 5, at his residence.
Elder Avery was a native of Tallapoosa County, born Feb. 4, 1906, the son of Robert Harvey Avery and Mattie Price Avery. He served as an active Primitive Baptist minister
for 70 years, serving a number of churches throughout east central Alabama. For the last several years, he served at Darien and his home church at Rocky Mount in the Beulah
Association. He was a devout supporter and teacher of Sacred Harp singing. Through the years, he taught annual singing schools at Rocky Mount. He was preceded in death by a son, William Harvey Roy Avery Jr.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mrs. Elma Duck Avery of Roanoke; five daughters, Frances Treadwell and Jean Payne of Newnan, Ga., Mattie Perry of Phoenix, Ariz., Ruby Dean Avery of Atlanta and Nellie Estes of Birmingham; one sister, Lydia Hawkins of North Carolina; one brother, Elder Marshall Avery of Douglasville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Calvin Bishop, Kenny Whitehead, Jim Monroe, Clyde Avery, Paul Mastronunzio, Charles B. Estes and Douglas Treadwell.
Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, was in charge of arrangements.
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Information from Nell Avery Estes pertaining to the church history in the life of Elder H.R. Avery:
Received by experience at Rocky Mount Church in 1924; baptized by Elder Walter D. Denney.
Liberated to preach by Rocky Mount Church in 1929.
Sardis Church, Talladega County, AL called for his ordination and was ordained at Rocky Mount Church June, 1929.
Known churches he pastored during his ministry, not in chronological order:
Rocky Mount - Daviston, AL
Mount Pisgah - Stroud, AL
Macedonia - LaFayette, AL
Darien - Wadley, AL
Concord - Wadley, AL
Providence - Ashland, AL
Salem - Tallassee, AL
Mount Olive - Opelika, AL
Ephesus - Alexander City, AL
Ephesus - Fairfax, AL
Bethel - Equality, AL
Zion's Rest - Roanoke, AL
Sardis - Talladega, AL
For 70 years he was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church.
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Harvey Roy Avery.
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Elder Harvey Roy Avery, 93, of Roanoke were Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Charlie Tucker, Kenneth Perry, Charles Estes and Ben Keeble officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
Elder Avery died Saturday, June 5, at his residence.
Elder Avery was a native of Tallapoosa County, born Feb. 4, 1906, the son of Robert Harvey Avery and Mattie Price Avery. He served as an active Primitive Baptist minister
for 70 years, serving a number of churches throughout east central Alabama. For the last several years, he served at Darien and his home church at Rocky Mount in the Beulah
Association. He was a devout supporter and teacher of Sacred Harp singing. Through the years, he taught annual singing schools at Rocky Mount. He was preceded in death by a son, William Harvey Roy Avery Jr.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mrs. Elma Duck Avery of Roanoke; five daughters, Frances Treadwell and Jean Payne of Newnan, Ga., Mattie Perry of Phoenix, Ariz., Ruby Dean Avery of Atlanta and Nellie Estes of Birmingham; one sister, Lydia Hawkins of North Carolina; one brother, Elder Marshall Avery of Douglasville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Calvin Bishop, Kenny Whitehead, Jim Monroe, Clyde Avery, Paul Mastronunzio, Charles B. Estes and Douglas Treadwell.
Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, was in charge of arrangements.
==========
Information from Nell Avery Estes pertaining to the church history in the life of Elder H.R. Avery:
Received by experience at Rocky Mount Church in 1924; baptized by Elder Walter D. Denney.
Liberated to preach by Rocky Mount Church in 1929.
Sardis Church, Talladega County, AL called for his ordination and was ordained at Rocky Mount Church June, 1929.
Known churches he pastored during his ministry, not in chronological order:
Rocky Mount - Daviston, AL
Mount Pisgah - Stroud, AL
Macedonia - LaFayette, AL
Darien - Wadley, AL
Concord - Wadley, AL
Providence - Ashland, AL
Salem - Tallassee, AL
Mount Olive - Opelika, AL
Ephesus - Alexander City, AL
Ephesus - Fairfax, AL
Bethel - Equality, AL
Zion's Rest - Roanoke, AL
Sardis - Talladega, AL
For 70 years he was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church.
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