Mr. Deaundric "Dee" Lamar Avery

AVERY, Mr. Deaundric "Dee" Lamar – Age 25, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, 1851 W. Carpenter Rd. with funeral service commencing at 12 p.m. Pastor Kenneth L. Stewart officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the Church 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Avery will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday. Mr. Deaundric Lamar Avery was born January 13, 1988 in Flint, Michigan, the son of Mia L. Avery and Lonnie Stephens. He accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, where he was baptized on October 6, 2013. Deaundric graduated from Flint Northern High School, “Class of 2007.” Deaundric served in the United Sates Army in 2009 and was Honorably Discharged in 2010. He was employed at Bob Evans –Pierson Rd-Flint. Deaundric loved singing and making his family and friends laugh. He was getting ready to start college at Baker University for Culinary Arts on his birthday. Mr. Deaundric Lamar Avery leaves to cherish his memory: daughter, Lyric A. Avery; parents, Mia L. Avery and Lonnie Stephens; stepfather, Bruce E. Crawford; grandparents, Chalmer and Denise Avery, Velma Avery and Pamela Morris; 4 sisters including, sister & best friend, Takia Avery and eldest sister, Lon’Yelle Walker; 6 brothers including, special brother, Devon Levy Sr.; brothers, Quadrico Collins, Lonnie Stephens, Jr., Kialo Hill, Dae’von Barker Khalani Ugiui Stephens, all of Flint; 3 nieces, Mar’Keyla Walker, Makiyah Walker, Ah’Lonnie Stephens; nephew, Devon “Duke” Levy, Jr.; 3 aunts, Alana Avery of Flint; Sharonda Hussey and Tonya Morris, both of Florida; uncle, Anthony Billups of Flint; a host of other aunts and uncles; a host of cousins including, special cousins, Stacy Tyon Burton and Candice Jones; a host of other relatives and friends including, mother of his daughter, Evaett Hudson; his extended Jones, Story and Crawford families; special friends, Jeffrey Ayers, Gregory Franklin, Jr. and Latreeka Rowsey and his Bob Evans family on Pierson Rd-Flint. Mr. Avery was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, Sarah Love; grandfather, John Jones; great great-grandmother, Maggie Love; aunt, Lou Tipton; uncles, Curtis Love and Paul Jones; many other aunts, uncles and cousins. The family would like to express special thanks to Brittney Davis for her caring act of kindness and the scene.

Mr. Deaundric "Dee" Lamar Avery

January 13, 1988 - January 11, 2014