Obituaries: John W. Avant, 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 12, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

John W. Avant of Atlanta Is Buried Tuesday

John W. Avant, 65 years of age, died at his home near Atlanta on Monday night,
December 9, 1935 following a lengthy illness.  Funeral services were conducted
on Tuesday afternoon at Mars Hill with the Rev. Balford Foster, Baptist
minister, in charge.  Interment was in the Mars Hill Cemetery.  Pallbearers
were members of the Conservation department which the deceased was an
employee.

Mr. Avant was born in Calhoun County, Arkansas.  He, with his family, came to
the Atlanta Community in 1010, where he engaged in farming until his death. 
For the past several years he has been an employee of the state conservation
department.  He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bendette Barker Avant; eleven sons and
daughters: Nathan, Roy, Otis, and J. D. Avan, Mrs. E. L. Brady and Mrs. Calvin
Owens, all of Atlanta; Clarence Avant and Mrs. H. B. Shows of Verda; Ellis
Avant of Kilgore, Texas; Mrs. H. D. Haynes of Hampton, Ark.; and Mrs. Eugene
Shaw of Winnfield.  Three brothers and three sisters also survive.  They are
George and Dick Avant of Hampton, Ark., Add Avant of Port Arthur, Texas, Mrs.
Ivey Nunn, Dumas, Ark., Mrs. H. J. Blakely, Fordyce, Ark., and Mrs. Annie
Ennis, Carthage, Arkansas.