Obituary of J. D. Avis, Jr.
(C. Avis Catalog entry #116)
(Document ID #505)
Wichita Falls Times
Wichita Falls, Texas
Monday
January 4, 1960
Page 9
Dave Avis Rites Are Held
Funeral services for J. D. "Dave" Avis, 72, pioneer rancher and a native of Wichita County, were held at 4 p.m. Monday in Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home chapel.
Officiating was Dr. Earle Crawford, pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Pallbearers were Bruce Campbell, Bryant Edwards, O. O. Ross, Jim Keith, Kenneth Keith, Harry Myers and Irvin Gore. .
Born Sept. 9, 1887, Avis was well known in Wichita and Clay Counties where he had been engaged in ranching all of his life.
He resided at 1578 Carol Lane,
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs, Buck J. Miller and Mrs. Clint B. Wood, both of Wichita Falls; two sons, Piner D, Avis of Wichita Falls and J. D. Avis III of Jolly; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Baum and Mrs. Ruby Dunkelberg, both of Wichita Falls, and Mrs. Fred Weeks of Tyler; one brother, Jake Avis of Austin; and five grandchildren.