Memorials may be given to American Lung Association. Beloved husband of the late Mary Maxine Avery (nee: Gentry); dear son of Ira Curtis and Mary Odell Avery; loving father of Marcia Gaddy (Ronald) and Rodrik Avery (Pam Korte-Fiancee); brother of Dorothy Arlene Avery; dear grandfather of Benjamin Gaddy, Angela Avery, Kelly Gaddy, Curtis Robert Avery and Clayton Avery; great-grandfather of Ryan Heffernan, Benjamin Gaddy II and Jessica Gaddy.