Avant Family Tree

Husband: James Thomas Avant (Avent)
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Birth: 1876 Place: Plainview, Texas
Death: 14 Jan 1941 Place: Red Rock Baptist, Bastrop, Tx
Burial: Place: Red Rock Baptist, Bastrop, Tx
Occupation: Carpenter, Left family and children
Father: Joseph Alphause Avent (1848-1919)
Mother: Caledonia Stevens? (1854-)
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Marriage: 20 Mar 1907
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Wife: Mamie Josephine Stokes
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Birth: 17 Feb 1888 Place: Gonzales County, Texas
Death: 26 Dec 1971
Occupation: Seamtress
Father: Abner Stokes (1852-1926)
Mother: Minnie Bon Riley (1861-1947)
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Children...
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1. F Child: Zella Inez Avant
Birth: 30 Dec 1916 Place: Floresville, Tx
Occupation: LVN
Education: Floresville High School
Religion: Methodist Member of Cleveland, Tx Methodist chruch
Spouse: James Robert Lowe Sr.
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2. M Child: Leonard Avant
Occupation: Res: Corpus Christi, Texas
Education: served in Army Air Force Drafted June 15, 1942
Spouse: Leona Kirchmeyer
Marriage: 13 Jun 1942 Place: Texas
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3. M Child: James Hubert Avant
Birth: 1914
Death: 28 Jan 1994 Place: Corpus Christi, Tx
Occupation: Police Chief Corpus Christi, Texas 35 years service
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4. M Child: Carl Avant (Avent)
Occupation: Res: El Paso, Texas
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5. F Child: Leola Avant
Death: Place: San Antonio, Tx
Occupation: Res: San Antonio, Texas
Spouse: Chester Spears

Last Modified: 22 May 2002


Genealogy notes of Rosa Lowe
Pictured above is Mamie Josephine Stokes and her son Carl

Zella Inez Avant Lowe - 1916-2003

Inez Lowe was the daughter of James Thomas Avant (1876-1941) and Mamie Josephine Stokes (1888-1971). Records also show the Avant family name as Avent.
“Mrs. Lowe was born on Dec. 30, 1916, in Floresville, Texas, and passed away on Friday, June 6, 2003, in Cleveland, Texas.  Inez and her family have resided in Cleveland for many years where she was a lifetime member of the Cleveland Methodist Church.  She was also a LVN for over 30 years, helping others was her passion.   Through her work she touched peoples lives in many cities, a few of them including Burnett, Texas, Texas Crippled Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Pasadena, Texas, Cleveland, Texas, and Conroe.  She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Lowe Sr. in 1975.” - The Courier (newspaper of Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas), Monday, 09 Jun 2003, page 6A, Obituaries.
Her birth certificate shows that Inez was Mamie’s fifth child, but that only three children were still living.

"In the end, you leave what you have and take what you are," Rev. Gerald Manchester.

Children of James and Inez:
1. Son - Still living - TX

 2. Son - Still living - CO

 3. Son - Still living - TX

 4. Daughter - Still living - OK

Source:
• Death Certificate and notice placed in news paper.
• Rosa Faye James Lowe, family genealogist.