Mattie Bell Avery, 78, of Little Rock died Monday, March 7, 2011, at her daughter's home in Little Rock where she lived for the past three years. She was a native of Calhoun, LA, and had lived in Lake Village. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pilgrim Valley Baptist Church in Little Rock, formerly a member of Brown Temple Church in Portland.
She is survived by eight sons, Ester Avery, Jr., and wife Josephine and Charles Avery of Little Rock, Robert Avery and wife Claudia of Monticello, Percy Avery of Battle Creek, MI, Frankie Avery of Kansas City, MO, Andrew Avery of Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Avery of Fairfield, CA, and Patrick Avery of Oakland, CA; six daughters, Dorothy Matheney of Douglasville, GA, Martha Scales and husband Othell, Rosemary Bethune and Sandra Moore and husband Edwin of Little Rock, Stephanie Avery of St. Louis, MO, and Sylvia Meads and husband John of Dermott; two brothers, Rufus Lee of Monroe, LA, and Eddie Lee; and one sister, Doris Rollins and husband Larry of Monroe.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ester Avery; one son, Dave Avery; her parents, Grady and Picola Henderson Dunnaway; and one sister, Bessie Dunnaway.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Brown Temple Baptist Church in Portland. Burial be at the Portland Cemetery #2 under the direction of Cromwell Funeral Home. Guest book at www.cromwell funeral home.net.
She is survived by eight sons, Ester Avery, Jr., and wife Josephine and Charles Avery of Little Rock, Robert Avery and wife Claudia of Monticello, Percy Avery of Battle Creek, MI, Frankie Avery of Kansas City, MO, Andrew Avery of Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Avery of Fairfield, CA, and Patrick Avery of Oakland, CA; six daughters, Dorothy Matheney of Douglasville, GA, Martha Scales and husband Othell, Rosemary Bethune and Sandra Moore and husband Edwin of Little Rock, Stephanie Avery of St. Louis, MO, and Sylvia Meads and husband John of Dermott; two brothers, Rufus Lee of Monroe, LA, and Eddie Lee; and one sister, Doris Rollins and husband Larry of Monroe.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ester Avery; one son, Dave Avery; her parents, Grady and Picola Henderson Dunnaway; and one sister, Bessie Dunnaway.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Brown Temple Baptist Church in Portland. Burial be at the Portland Cemetery #2 under the direction of Cromwell Funeral Home. Guest book at www.cromwell funeral home.net.
Mattie Bell Avery, 78, of Little Rock died Monday, March 7, 2011, at her daughter's home in Little Rock where she lived for the past three years. She was a native of Calhoun, LA, and had lived in Lake Village. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pilgrim Valley Baptist Church in Little Rock, formerly a member of Brown Temple Church in Portland.
She is survived by eight sons, Ester Avery, Jr., and wife Josephine and Charles Avery of Little Rock, Robert Avery and wife Claudia of Monticello, Percy Avery of Battle Creek, MI, Frankie Avery of Kansas City, MO, Andrew Avery of Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Avery of Fairfield, CA, and Patrick Avery of Oakland, CA; six daughters, Dorothy Matheney of Douglasville, GA, Martha Scales and husband Othell, Rosemary Bethune and Sandra Moore and husband Edwin of Little Rock, Stephanie Avery of St. Louis, MO, and Sylvia Meads and husband John of Dermott; two brothers, Rufus Lee of Monroe, LA, and Eddie Lee; and one sister, Doris Rollins and husband Larry of Monroe.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ester Avery; one son, Dave Avery; her parents, Grady and Picola Henderson Dunnaway; and one sister, Bessie Dunnaway.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Brown Temple Baptist Church in Portland. Burial be at the Portland Cemetery #2 under the direction of Cromwell Funeral Home. Guest book at www.cromwell funeral home.net.
She is survived by eight sons, Ester Avery, Jr., and wife Josephine and Charles Avery of Little Rock, Robert Avery and wife Claudia of Monticello, Percy Avery of Battle Creek, MI, Frankie Avery of Kansas City, MO, Andrew Avery of Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Avery of Fairfield, CA, and Patrick Avery of Oakland, CA; six daughters, Dorothy Matheney of Douglasville, GA, Martha Scales and husband Othell, Rosemary Bethune and Sandra Moore and husband Edwin of Little Rock, Stephanie Avery of St. Louis, MO, and Sylvia Meads and husband John of Dermott; two brothers, Rufus Lee of Monroe, LA, and Eddie Lee; and one sister, Doris Rollins and husband Larry of Monroe.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ester Avery; one son, Dave Avery; her parents, Grady and Picola Henderson Dunnaway; and one sister, Bessie Dunnaway.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Brown Temple Baptist Church in Portland. Burial be at the Portland Cemetery #2 under the direction of Cromwell Funeral Home. Guest book at www.cromwell funeral home.net.
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