Greene County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Avera Family Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jimmy Trussell carverofwood1260@wmconnect.com December 2, 2008, 9:39 am Abstracted By: Jimmy Trussell Leaving Leakesville, Mississippi on Oak Street, You will be heading North. Oak Stree will become Old Avera Road at the city limits of Leakesville. You will continue on Old Avera Road for 17.3 tenths of a mile. Here will be a road on your right called Abram Smith road, take this right hand turn and go .9 tenths of a mile. This road will dead end into Simpson Bend road (also known as the Dog Brown Road to the local's of this community). Tanke a right hand turn and continue for another .7 tenths of a mile, the cemetery is on your right hand side. It is surrounded by a chain link fence and is in good condition. The cemetary is owned and maintained by the Avera Family, with everyone helping with the maintainence. Permission was given to Jimmy Trussell to walk this cemetery on the 28th of May, 2007, by Mr. Earl Avera. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avera Isa B. (French) 08-26-1871 02-25-1914 wife of Wiliam W. Avera Avera William Washington 07-14-1849 08-29-1912 husband of Isa Avera Avera W. P. 10-11-1822 06-09-1905 Avera Mary 08-20-1823 10-04-1913 Avera Hardy O. 02-15-1860 09-25-1890 Dearman David 02-13-1953 02-13-2006 Fick Betty S 02-13-1934 11-05-1978 Dienglewicz Robert Alan 03-09-1980 08-28-2006 Earl Avera's Grandson Avera Eunice V 11-13-1907 12-04-1983 Earl Avera's Mother Avera Earl W 09-15-1907 08-31-1989 Earl Avera's Father Avera Jacob Powel 10-15-1883 11-26-1914 Earl Avera's Grandfather Avera Douglas James 10-09-1910 11-01-1969 Capt. US Army WW-2 Korea Avera Benjamin Franklin 05-01-1896 03-16-1961 Avera Carrie Lee (Beard) 01-14-1902 12-01-1954 Avera Raymond D 04-04-1930 05-19-2000 'Beloved Brother' Beard Maude (Avera) 03-18-1901 11-16-1975 'Mother' Beard Homer Preston (Sr.) 04-09-1893 07-18-1969 Cpl. 28th Inf. WW-1 (Mississippi) Schmidt Vivian M S (Beard) 06-15-1930 04-15-1961 Sgt. Women's Army Corps. Dawson Celia Rachel (Avera) 01-18-1855 03-03-1931 wife of Rev. W.J.Dawson Avera Mattie C 02-11-1891 01-09-1969 Avera Bayard R 01-26-1888 07-17-1954 Fick Robert O 06-15-1907 12-02-1988 Fick Pearl A 09-06-1912 12-07-1997 Avera Sam Worth 01-25-1853 03-23-1929 Earl Avera's Great-Grandfather Avera Laura (Taylor) 02-23-1882 11-12-1962 Earl Avera's Great-Grandmother Avera Vyvian May 06-10-1910 07-15-1924 14 yrs. old, died from diving accident Avera Mary M 01-15-1918 08-20-1988 Seabrook Sammie (Avera) 11-18-1918 10-23-2002 Seabrook Rodney Paul 05-20-1918 06-23-1986 Seabrook John Avera 08-04-1964 09-21-1986 Seabrook Paul Avera 08-12-1941 02-10-2000 Hankins Hillman A 10-07-1896 07-28-1968 Hankins Ella G 05-19-1899 03-01-1972 Avera Mack W 08-02-1903 02-20-1946 Avera Chester Lee (Sr.) 10-24-1885 09-24-1951 Avera Effie Melissa (Brewer) 02-21-1895 08-06-1988 Avera William W 01-12-1929 05-25-1994 son of Chester & Effie Avera Avera Chester Lee (Jr.) 04-14-1926 11-05-2008 82 yrs. old, h/o Joyce Avera File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/greene/cemeteries/averafam102gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb