Obituaries: Roy Avant, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 15, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Roy Avant Held In Grant Parish

Roy Avant, 61, of Colfax, died Tuesday, January 8, in a Baton Rouge hospital.

Services were held at the Hebron Baptist Church in Colfax with burial in the
church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, of Colfax; two sons, Wayne Avant of Colfax and
Oliver Avant of Ft. Lewis, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Wanda Peters of
Alexandria and Mrs. Caroline Brown of Pineville; four brothers, Clarence Avant
and Nathan Avant, both of Atlanta, La., Otis Avant of Minden, and J. P. Avant
of Winnfield; five sisters, Mrs. Johnny Shows of Pineville, Mrs. Addie Brady
of Atlanta, Mrs. Lottie Owens of Minden, Mrs. Iva Lee of Brownsville, Texas,
and Mrs. Helen Haynes of Little Rock, Ark.