Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1271)
Wichita Daily Times
March 7, 1942
p. 5
PIONEER WICHITAN DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Word has been received here of the death of Frank Avis, 76, pioneer Wichitan and an uncle of five Wichitans, at his home in El Centro, Calif., Feb. 22.
Avis had resided in El Centro many years. He was an uncle of Mesdames Lillian Baum and James Baker, Piner and Dave Avis, and W. L. Palmer, all of Wichita Falls. Funeral service and burial was in El Centro.
Other survivors include his wife and several sons and daughters, all of whom reside in California; two sisters, Mrs. Bell Hodges, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Palmer, Hereford, Texas. Avis' mother was the late Mrs. M. C. White, Wichita Falls. He was a brother of the late Jim Avis also of Wichita Falls.