Daughter of Joseph Carter Avant and Mary Ethel Gatch Avant. Growing up, she worked at her family's store, The Soda Shop, on Main Street in Hampton. She retired from Westinghouse as the secretary to the Comptroller, where she had worked for over 30 years. She was member of the Hampton Country Club and played on the Lower State Women's Golf League. She was a member of Hopewell First Baptist Church in Hampton. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 66 years, Aubrey Emmett Goettee, Sr.; siblings, Haskel Avant, Lamar Avant, Woodrow Avant and his wife. Janie, Billy Avant and his wife. Ruby, Ralph Avant and his wife. Ann, James Avant and his wife. Phoebe, and Beatrice Ginn. Surviving are her children, Donna Goettee Ruth and her husband, Jay of Hampton, Aubrey Emmett Goettee, Jr. of Varnville, and Audrey Goettee Hutchins and her husband, Robert of West Columbia; granddaughter, Kristen Michelle Hutchins of Tampa, FL; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Avant and Ruby Avant; and brother-in-law, Willie Ginn.
Daughter of Joseph Carter Avant and Mary Ethel Gatch Avant. Growing up, she worked at her family's store, The Soda Shop, on Main Street in Hampton. She retired from Westinghouse as the secretary to the Comptroller, where she had worked for over 30 years. She was member of the Hampton Country Club and played on the Lower State Women's Golf League. She was a member of Hopewell First Baptist Church in Hampton. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 66 years, Aubrey Emmett Goettee, Sr.; siblings, Haskel Avant, Lamar Avant, Woodrow Avant and his wife. Janie, Billy Avant and his wife. Ruby, Ralph Avant and his wife. Ann, James Avant and his wife. Phoebe, and Beatrice Ginn. Surviving are her children, Donna Goettee Ruth and her husband, Jay of Hampton, Aubrey Emmett Goettee, Jr. of Varnville, and Audrey Goettee Hutchins and her husband, Robert of West Columbia; granddaughter, Kristen Michelle Hutchins of Tampa, FL; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Avant and Ruby Avant; and brother-in-law, Willie Ginn.
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