Honey Grove, Texas -- Nancy Grace Avery went to be with her Lord, July 08,2006. Funeral services for Nancy Grace Avery will be Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Rev. Ken Sheppard-Mahaffey, Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Chapel in Honey Grove, and the family will receive friends at the Funeral Home from one until two P.M. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove.
Grace Avery was born March 2, 1908, to James Thomas Sockwell and Willie Maude Day Sockwell in the Sunshine Community in Southeast Fannin County, Texas. They moved to Pecan Gap where she attended school, graduating in 1926.
She married Richard Theo Avery in Ladonia, Texas on June 19, 1926, and they became the parents of four sons. They began raising their family in the Dial Community before moving to Honey Grove in the late 1940's.
Mrs. Avery is a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church and had served as an officer of the Women's Church Circle. She was Noble Grand as a member of the Rebekah Lodge and had been a member of the Honey Grove Garden Club and Honey Grove Book Club. She is a retired cotton buyer for the Farmer's Gin in Honey Grove.
Family deaths include her husband, Theo Avery, in 1990; her eldest son, Rev. Richard D. Avery, in1997; a grandson, Stanley Wayne Avery, and a great-grandson, Jacob Wayne Avery, in 2004; her parents, Tom and Willie Sockwell; and her seven sisters, Mattie McDonnold, Ruby Smith, Gladys Fielding, Thelma Lay, Faye Richardson, Mozelle Massad, and Tomy Wilhite.
Surviving family:
Three sons and four daughters-in-law:
John T. and Nell Avery of Fairlie, Texas
Clifton and Doris Avery of Paris, Texas
Charles and Jerry Avery of Greeneville, Tennessee
Sue Avery of Bryan, Texas
Grandchildren:
David Avery
Rick and Marcie Avery
Tammy and Bill Crook
Candace and Jeff Williamson
Tenny Avery
Stacy and Benton Tempas
Cheryl and George Lacy
Jon Blake and Kim Bellman
Great Grandchildren:
Jordan and Justin Williamson
Jaleigh and Allie Avery
Victoria and Chase Crook
Blake Bellman
Brent Bellman
Two Brothers and 2 sisters-in-laws
Billy and Pat Sockwell of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Wayne Sockwell of Dallas, Texas
Pauline Avery of Honey Grove, Texas
Numerous nieces and nephews
Pallbearers: Gerald Wishard, Jon Bellman Jimmy Doyle, Ricky Avery, David Avery, Bill Crook
Honorary Pallbearer: Willie Finney
Grace Avery was born March 2, 1908, to James Thomas Sockwell and Willie Maude Day Sockwell in the Sunshine Community in Southeast Fannin County, Texas. They moved to Pecan Gap where she attended school, graduating in 1926.
She married Richard Theo Avery in Ladonia, Texas on June 19, 1926, and they became the parents of four sons. They began raising their family in the Dial Community before moving to Honey Grove in the late 1940's.
Mrs. Avery is a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church and had served as an officer of the Women's Church Circle. She was Noble Grand as a member of the Rebekah Lodge and had been a member of the Honey Grove Garden Club and Honey Grove Book Club. She is a retired cotton buyer for the Farmer's Gin in Honey Grove.
Family deaths include her husband, Theo Avery, in 1990; her eldest son, Rev. Richard D. Avery, in1997; a grandson, Stanley Wayne Avery, and a great-grandson, Jacob Wayne Avery, in 2004; her parents, Tom and Willie Sockwell; and her seven sisters, Mattie McDonnold, Ruby Smith, Gladys Fielding, Thelma Lay, Faye Richardson, Mozelle Massad, and Tomy Wilhite.
Surviving family:
Three sons and four daughters-in-law:
John T. and Nell Avery of Fairlie, Texas
Clifton and Doris Avery of Paris, Texas
Charles and Jerry Avery of Greeneville, Tennessee
Sue Avery of Bryan, Texas
Grandchildren:
David Avery
Rick and Marcie Avery
Tammy and Bill Crook
Candace and Jeff Williamson
Tenny Avery
Stacy and Benton Tempas
Cheryl and George Lacy
Jon Blake and Kim Bellman
Great Grandchildren:
Jordan and Justin Williamson
Jaleigh and Allie Avery
Victoria and Chase Crook
Blake Bellman
Brent Bellman
Two Brothers and 2 sisters-in-laws
Billy and Pat Sockwell of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Wayne Sockwell of Dallas, Texas
Pauline Avery of Honey Grove, Texas
Numerous nieces and nephews
Pallbearers: Gerald Wishard, Jon Bellman Jimmy Doyle, Ricky Avery, David Avery, Bill Crook
Honorary Pallbearer: Willie Finney
Honey Grove, Texas -- Nancy Grace Avery went to be with her Lord, July 08,2006. Funeral services for Nancy Grace Avery will be Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Rev. Ken Sheppard-Mahaffey, Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Chapel in Honey Grove, and the family will receive friends at the Funeral Home from one until two P.M. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove.
Grace Avery was born March 2, 1908, to James Thomas Sockwell and Willie Maude Day Sockwell in the Sunshine Community in Southeast Fannin County, Texas. They moved to Pecan Gap where she attended school, graduating in 1926.
She married Richard Theo Avery in Ladonia, Texas on June 19, 1926, and they became the parents of four sons. They began raising their family in the Dial Community before moving to Honey Grove in the late 1940's.
Mrs. Avery is a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church and had served as an officer of the Women's Church Circle. She was Noble Grand as a member of the Rebekah Lodge and had been a member of the Honey Grove Garden Club and Honey Grove Book Club. She is a retired cotton buyer for the Farmer's Gin in Honey Grove.
Family deaths include her husband, Theo Avery, in 1990; her eldest son, Rev. Richard D. Avery, in1997; a grandson, Stanley Wayne Avery, and a great-grandson, Jacob Wayne Avery, in 2004; her parents, Tom and Willie Sockwell; and her seven sisters, Mattie McDonnold, Ruby Smith, Gladys Fielding, Thelma Lay, Faye Richardson, Mozelle Massad, and Tomy Wilhite.
Surviving family:
Three sons and four daughters-in-law:
John T. and Nell Avery of Fairlie, Texas
Clifton and Doris Avery of Paris, Texas
Charles and Jerry Avery of Greeneville, Tennessee
Sue Avery of Bryan, Texas
Grandchildren:
David Avery
Rick and Marcie Avery
Tammy and Bill Crook
Candace and Jeff Williamson
Tenny Avery
Stacy and Benton Tempas
Cheryl and George Lacy
Jon Blake and Kim Bellman
Great Grandchildren:
Jordan and Justin Williamson
Jaleigh and Allie Avery
Victoria and Chase Crook
Blake Bellman
Brent Bellman
Two Brothers and 2 sisters-in-laws
Billy and Pat Sockwell of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Wayne Sockwell of Dallas, Texas
Pauline Avery of Honey Grove, Texas
Numerous nieces and nephews
Pallbearers: Gerald Wishard, Jon Bellman Jimmy Doyle, Ricky Avery, David Avery, Bill Crook
Honorary Pallbearer: Willie Finney
Grace Avery was born March 2, 1908, to James Thomas Sockwell and Willie Maude Day Sockwell in the Sunshine Community in Southeast Fannin County, Texas. They moved to Pecan Gap where she attended school, graduating in 1926.
She married Richard Theo Avery in Ladonia, Texas on June 19, 1926, and they became the parents of four sons. They began raising their family in the Dial Community before moving to Honey Grove in the late 1940's.
Mrs. Avery is a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church and had served as an officer of the Women's Church Circle. She was Noble Grand as a member of the Rebekah Lodge and had been a member of the Honey Grove Garden Club and Honey Grove Book Club. She is a retired cotton buyer for the Farmer's Gin in Honey Grove.
Family deaths include her husband, Theo Avery, in 1990; her eldest son, Rev. Richard D. Avery, in1997; a grandson, Stanley Wayne Avery, and a great-grandson, Jacob Wayne Avery, in 2004; her parents, Tom and Willie Sockwell; and her seven sisters, Mattie McDonnold, Ruby Smith, Gladys Fielding, Thelma Lay, Faye Richardson, Mozelle Massad, and Tomy Wilhite.
Surviving family:
Three sons and four daughters-in-law:
John T. and Nell Avery of Fairlie, Texas
Clifton and Doris Avery of Paris, Texas
Charles and Jerry Avery of Greeneville, Tennessee
Sue Avery of Bryan, Texas
Grandchildren:
David Avery
Rick and Marcie Avery
Tammy and Bill Crook
Candace and Jeff Williamson
Tenny Avery
Stacy and Benton Tempas
Cheryl and George Lacy
Jon Blake and Kim Bellman
Great Grandchildren:
Jordan and Justin Williamson
Jaleigh and Allie Avery
Victoria and Chase Crook
Blake Bellman
Brent Bellman
Two Brothers and 2 sisters-in-laws
Billy and Pat Sockwell of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Wayne Sockwell of Dallas, Texas
Pauline Avery of Honey Grove, Texas
Numerous nieces and nephews
Pallbearers: Gerald Wishard, Jon Bellman Jimmy Doyle, Ricky Avery, David Avery, Bill Crook
Honorary Pallbearer: Willie Finney
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