Ouida Lou Houston Avery, born Sept. 21, 1923 in Hartford, Geneva County, died Friday, July 10, 2009 in Fairhope.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack William Avery; brother, G.C. Houston; sister, Mary Ann Houston Wesley; granddaughter, Sonya Lee Avery; her father, Grover Cleveland Houston, and mother, Mary Belle Hughes Houston.
Survivors include a son, Jack Houston (Cindy) Avery of Dothan; daughter, Ann Avery Pearson of Fairhope; grandchildren, Shannon (Michael) Edwards of Ashford, Allison (Ryan) Walta of Birmingham, and Brad (Kate) Pearson of Mobile; brother-in-law, Gene Wesley of Seagrove Beach, Fla.; sister-in-law, Mary Margaret Sloan of Baton Rouge, La.; nephews, Avery Sloan of Baton Rouge, La., Col. David Wesley of San Antonio, Texas, Jody Wesley of Freeport, Fla., Sam Wesley of Seagrove Beach, Fla.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 13 at Hartford First United Methodist Church. Interment will be in Hartford Community Cemetery.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Hartford First United Methodist Church, 205 Third Ave., Hartford, AL 36344; Fairhope United Methodist Church, Shepherd’s Place, 155 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL 36532 or Harvest United Methodist Church, 2727 Fortner St., Dothan, AL 36305.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
