WEATHERFORD — GRANBURY – Viola Wilson "Mema" Avery, 81, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Martin's Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Granbury Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Heart Association (online), American Cancer Society (online), or American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, OH 44720.
Viola was the daughter of Flora Mae White and John Henry Wilson.
Her father passed away when she was 14 years old and she was raised throughout her life by her mother and John Albert "Ab" White of Fall Creek. She grew up in Hood County, was a lifelong member of First Baptist of Granbury and the Oddfellow and Rebecca Lodges. She was a professional seamstress for Maybell's Sportswear until her retirement in 1982. Viola became an at home childcaregiver until 1995. After retiring from childcare she was a stay at home mother. Viola was an amazing woman who was loved by many. She was a "Mema" to not only her family but lots of friends. She was very proud of her family and all the children she babysat with in the past.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Wm. Earnest "Red" Avery; daughter, Linda Avery Dupree; grandson, James Steven Elrod; twin granddaughters, Savanah and Samantha Pedrosa; and brother, Melvin Wilson.
Survivors include son, James Kenneth and wife Joyce Avery of Littleton, Colo.; daughter, Brenda Carolyn and husband James Elrod of Granbury; son, Larry William and wife Lisa Avery of Granbury; daughter/granddaughter, Sue Lynn and husband Ray Pierce of Granbury; grandchildren, Priscilla Pedrosa, Jason Elrod, Anita Turley, Chris Elrod, Hope Eldert, Cynthia Flach, Jeff Elrod, Steven Dupree, Trey Avery, Jennifer Avery, Heather Chatman and Caroline Avery; 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter; sister, Lonada Jane Freeman and husband Charles of Lipan; four neices and one nephew; and a host of cousins and friends.
Martin's Funeral Home
Granbury, (817) 279-7700
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