20 February 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Georgia
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MRS. MAUD AVANT WHEELER.
Following an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Maud Avant Wheeler, wife of Joe W. Wheeler Jr., died yesterday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at the family residence on Elizabeth street, Western Heights. She was 27 years of age and had been married only one year. So came to Macon one year ago from her old home, Deepstep, Washington county.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Avant is survived by her father, Rev. A. S. Avant, pastor of the Baptist church of Deepstep; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Andrews, Mrs. Mattie Haygood and Miss Lou Avant, all of Deepstep; three brothers, J. H., C. A. and W. H. Avant, all of Deepstep. The body will be taken this morning at 11:40 o'clock over the Central of Georgia railway to Sandersville and from there to Deepstep, where the funeral and interment will occur.
Among the cousins of Mrs. Wheeler in Macon are: Mrs. Ella Avant Wood, Mrs. Kate Avant, Miss Nellie Avant, Mrs. Bess Avant. Her father, Rev. A. S. Avant, is the only brother of Judge John S. Avant, of Macon.
