Wichita Falls Times, Wichita Falls, Texas 5/15/1959
(C. Avis Catalog entry #399)
p. 11
Death Claims Mrs. Dave Avis
Mrs. Dave Avis, 72, wife of a pioneer rancher, died Thursday night in a Wichita Falls hospital following a short illness.
A member of First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Avis and her husband operated a ranch near Jolly before moving to 1572 Carol Lane.
Survivors include her husband, Dave Avis; two sons, Piner D. Avis and J. D. Avis III, Wichita Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Clint B. Wood and Mrs. Buck J. Miller, Wichita Falls; two brothers, E. D. Neeley and Ernest Neeley, Waco; three sisters, Mrs. N. S. Brook, Waco; Mrs. Susie N. Rhodes, Vancouver, B. C., and Mrs. Sallie Clark, Waco, and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a. m. Saturday in Hampton-Vaughan-Merkle chapel with Dr. Earle W. Crawford, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Cemetery.
The family requests that memorials be made to First Presbyterian building fund.