Avant obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Avant, Thomas Roy, Jr.      8 Jan 2002    Jan 2002    Don Johnson
Avant, Zettie Clark        25 Jan 2008    Jan 2008    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  1/8/2002 
AVANT, THOMAS ROY, JR. "COACH TOMMY" 
A plant operator with Orion Refinery and a resident of Ponchatoula, he died
at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, in Ponchatoula. He was 43 and a native
of New Roads. Visiting at Seale Funeral Home, Livingston, from 6 p.m. to 
10 p.m. Tuesday and after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Religious services at the
funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Wes Courtney.
Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Baton Rouge. Survived his
children, Thomas Roy "Trey" Avant III, Stephanie Lee Avant and Rory Joseph
Avant; former wife, Teri Avant; a sister and brother-in-law, Janet and
Frank Wicker; nieces, Melisa Johnson, Madonna Maxey and Leslie Carpenter;
and a nephew, Nicholas Broussard. Preceded in death by parents, Thomas Roy
Avant Sr. and Olean Avant; and grandparents. Pallbearers will be Chris
Broussard, Kevin Buuck, Justin Holder, Larry Hedgecoth, Mario Rodriguez and
Ronnie Farace. Honorary pallbearer is Henry Ognibene Sr. He was a member of
Glen Oaks Baptist Church. He was very respected and a much-loved baseball
coach for Livingston Parks and Recreation Department for many years.
Memorial donations may be made to Livingston Parks and Recreation
Department. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  1/25/2008

AVANT, ZETTIE CLARK
Zettie Clark Avant, 74, died January 20, 2008, at North Oaks Medical Center
in Hammond.  She was a native of Folsom and resident of Velma.  She is
survived by her husband, Smith Avant Jr.; sons, Chalmes Brown and Darrell
Avant; daughters, Betty Andrews, Peggy Daniels, Joann Sheppard, Christy
Phillips, Cynthia Head and Sheila Avant; sisters, Emma Halton, Grace Myles
and Irma Ferguson; brothers, Arthur Clark Jr. and Donald Clark; and 23
grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in by her
parents, Arthur and Mittie Clark; her son, Rodney Brown; two brothers,
Ernest Clark and Myrthis Clark; four sisters, Aldine Thomas, Lucy Clark and
Rose Lundy and Yvonne Clark.  Visitation will be Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at
Bickham AME Zion Church, Velma, until the funeral conducted by the Rev.
Earnest Peters Sr. at 7 p.m. Dismissal will be Monday and burial will
follow in Hay Hollow Cemetery, Folsom.  Richardson Funeral Home, Amite is
in charge of the arrangements.

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