Jimmie (Jim) Huston Avans of Woodstock, Georgia, passed away on January 1,2023 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga at the age of 85. He was born November 10, 1937 in Flat Rock, Alabama. He attended O'Keefe High School in Atlanta, Georgia prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1955. He retired from the Navy in 1974 after 20 years of service. While in the Navy he advanced to the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer and served in the Vietnam War. He spent the next 22 years working for Commercial Union Insurance, and was their Southeast Regional Manager prior to his retirement in Flat Rock, Alabama.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas H. Avans and LouAnn Marshall Avans, his brother Marshall James and his sisters Mildred Castleberry and Burma Crowe. Jim is survived by his wife of 40 years, Jimmie Callahan Avans, of Woodstock, Georgia, his children Barbara Burkett (David), Michael Avans (Tonya), Destry Avans (Debbie), his stepchildren Robin Jenkins (Jeff), Shane Downie, Darren Downie (Wendy), James Downie (Kelly), his sisters Marie Hurst, Billie Townson (Luther), Wanda Buttram, 13 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a host of family and friends.

A graveside service with military honors, will be held on Saturday, 01/07/2023, at 12 noon at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in Flat Rock, Al. In Lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations in his memory be made to the

Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

P.O.Box 5014

Hagerstown, MD 21741

1-800-708-7644

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