Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Avriett, Lillie Mae January 29 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian
Lillie Mae Avriett
Feb. 8, 1914 - Jan. 29, 2005

Services are being held Friday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peters Restoration 
Ministries, 510 E. Brundage Lane for Lillie Mae Avriett. 90, who departed this 
life January 29th. The Rev. Joe Washington, Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church 
will officiate with inerment to follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. 

Mrs. Avriett, a native of Hudspeth, Arkansas was born February 8, 1914 and was 
educated in the local schools in the area. She used her education to establish 
a janitorial service, a second hand store and a service station. She and her 
husband, Frank Oliver Avriett, moved to Bakersfield in 1948, and was an active 
member of St. Emanuel Baptist Church serving in many capacities. In addition, 
her other affiliations included being a charter member of Enoch Grand Lodge AF 
& AM, Inc., Lilly of the Valley Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star and a 
retired foster parent to over 100 children, mother and grandmother to all who 
knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Oliver 
Avriett and a daughter, Frankie Mae Avriett-Williams.

Those left to cherish her memory are a son, Ollie Jones; a daughter, La Tanya 
James; grand-children, Sonia Jeffery-Hogg and Henderson (Kojak) Porter Jr. of 
Bakersfield; 15 grand-children, Clady Womack and family, the Motens, 30 great-
grandchildren and a host of family and friends.

Visitation will begin at 12 noon today in the chapel. An hour of meditation 
will be held from 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service 


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