This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xc.2ADI/713.812.4 Message Board Post: This is info I received from my cousin in Louisiana. It's a long shot, but I hope to find something.-kinyarta First Marietta Church Cemetery Located on County Road 53 Alright, here goes. Everybody highlighted in yellow is an Avant. I tried to type in the children that I knew. If you know any not listed, please add them and then e-mail an updated list. Everybody highlighted in blue is a Gray on grandpa Gray’s side of the family. I highlighted the connection in pink. Those highlighted in gray are related in some way, shape, form or fashion. AVANT, Bethel 9 APR 1910 - 8 MAY 1991 AVANT, Callie 27 NOV 1876 - 12 JUL 1962 AVANT, J.D. 1874 - 1953 CULLIVER, Flossie 24 FEB 1887 - 1 MAR 1973 NEARER, Bessie 1880 - 1929 NEARER, Will 1835(?) - 1929 NEARER, Bethel 1913 - JAN 1929 NEARER, Isaac 24 AUG 1902 - 17 JAN 1985 NEARER, Ola Mae 18 APR 1914 - 22 JAN 1989 DEBROW, Florida 8 APR 1890 - 23 JUN 1987 (one son named Lee Grant Debrow) DEBROW, Rabb 25 MAR 1882 - 17 APR 1963 FOWLER, Celia 3 APR 1905 - 6 JUN 1983 GRAY, Della d. 11 APR 1960 GRAY, Willodean d. 18 NOV 1978 GRAY, Mabel Jeanette 22 MAY 1910 (only date) GRAY, Robert James 20 JUL 1904 - 29 FEB 1988 Rucella Gray 23 APR 1897 - 19 FEB 1985 NEARER, Josephine 1883 - 1965 GRAY, Franklin Delano 5 SEP 1935 - 27 AUG 1962 GRAY, Glefer 1888 - 1960 FOWLER, Lula Bell 8 JUN 1880 - 23 JAN 1961 GRAY, Baby 17 JUL 1951 Iowa grandmother (only date) GRAY, Tolvier 1859 - 1945 GRAY, Annice 15 MAY 1902 - 23 FEB 1993 POINDEXTER, Richard AL PVT US AMRY WW I 13 OCT 1890 - 4 APR 1974 GRAY, Boizell 5 APR 1893 - 13 MAY 1966 GRAY, Essie Voncile 20 APR 1898 - 1 APR 1966 GRAY, C.B. 4 DEC 1921 - 5 OCT 1941 AVANT, Henry M. 22 AUG 1909 - 6 MAY 1984( daughter: Jean Avant Owens) GRAY, Lewis 4 JUN 1896 (only date) (children: Synetta, Effie, Ernstine, Harvey, Howard, Lewis Lille N. 10 MAY 1896 - 24 MAR 1963 William Curtis, Ersia Gray and Robert Bradley) AVANT, C.C. 25 NOV 1866 - 10 MAR 1937 ( children : Henry, Curtis, Casbia, Willie, and Lillie Flordia AVANT, Elizabeth 18 MAR 1883 - 28 FEB 1971 AVANT, Curtis C. Jr. 21 FEB 1889 - 27 JUL 1972 AVANT, Esie L. 4 JUL 1900 - 2 MAR 1982 AVANT, Casbia AL PVT US AMRY WW I 18 JUN 1892 - 10 OCT 1972 AVANT, Willie M. 26 DEC 1912 - 11 MAR 1973 GRAY, Andrew J. 4 FEB 1890 - 10 AUG 1970 Iva Lee 1 DEC 1898 - 27 SEP 1988 GRAY, Willie 4 FEB 1917 - 19 JUN 1983 Please add in Edsel’s mother’s name for me. Lets see what we can do to put the Avant side together. E-mail me at poonie@bellsouth.net or call me at 504-236-3840. Ask questions and put this together Love yall Betty P.S. the web site address is ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/escambia/cemetery/firstmarietta.txt