Ouachita-Lincoln County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....AVANT, MARTHA ANN April 9, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com April 12, 2014, 5:53 pm News Star World- April 12, 2014 MARTHA ANN AVANT Funeral Services for Martha Ann Avant, 70, of Calhoun, LA will be held at 3:00PM Saturday, April 12, 2014 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Rev. Mike Fletcher, Rev. Scott Fletcher, and Bro. Glenn Guilliams officiating. Interment will follow in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe. Martha was born on December 26, 1943 in Lincoln, AL and passed away on April 9, 2014 in West Monroe, LA. She was an avid horsewoman and was a former member of the NLBRA and LRCA. Martha was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is preceded in death by her parents, Amos and Buelah Buford; 3 brothers, and one sister. Survivors include her husband, James "Sonny" Avant; children, Georgia "Poodle" Brown and husband Jason, James "Bubba" Avant, Rhonda Fowler and fiancé Peter Hill, Pam Avant Savage and husband Thomas, and Cindy Avant and partner Sharon; grandchildren, Mollea, Morgan, Kayla, Brandi, and Candice, five great- grandchildren, sister-in-law, Margaret Buford; and numerous nieces and nephews in Louisiana and Alabama. Pallbearers will be Hal Parker, Greg Buford, Gary Buford, Scotty Bennett, David "Woody" Woodcock, and Brian Giger. Visitation will be held from 1:00PM until service time at 3:00PM Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/a/avant2535nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb