Mrs. Lurla Mae Avery

AVERY, Mrs. Lurla Mae - Age 75, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025 at her residence. Family hour 10:30 AM Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church , 2120 Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Rev. Richard Doss, officiating, Rev. Willie Ward Jr., Eulogist. Family and friends will assemble at the church 10:30 AM Wednesday. Internment Sunset Hills Cemetery G-4413 Flushing Rd, Mrs. Avery will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Tuesday with family present from 4:00PM-6:00PM. Mrs. Lurla Mae (Blake) Avery was born on February 20, 1950, in Crockett, Tennessee, the daughter of Jeanette (Blake) Coulter and Willie Perry Blake. Lurla was a resident of Flint, Michigan. She was a member of Dozier Memorial C.M.E. Church where she served Sunday School Teacher, Director of Board of Christian Education, Steward, Choir Member and Missionary. Lurla was a graduate of Baker College where she obtained a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. She was a Homemaker, Receptionist, Substitute Teacher of the Flint Board of Education and a frequent Election Worker. Lurla’s hobbies and skills were Seamstress, Avid Reader, Soloist and puzzle wizard. She spent time solving puzzle books, trivia challenges, and she watched movies of all genres. Lurla enjoyed helping others, visiting the sick and shut-in and CBS soaps for over 40 years. Mrs. Lurla Mae Avery leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Christy (Antoine Sr.) Whitner of Richmond, VA; 2 sons, Timothy (Lawanda) Avery Sr. and Willie (Natasha) Avery Jr., all of Flint; grandchildren, Shanika Johnson Flint, MI), Katina Johnson (Nashville, TN) Dinah (Titus) Israel (Detroit, MI), Staff Sergeant JaQuary Avery (Woodbridge, VA), Jasmine Avery Cleveland, TX), Khair Avery (Flint, MI), Kawanna Avery (Flint, MI), Antoine Whitner Jr. (Indianapolis, IN), Kiyan Avery(Flint, MI), Timothy Avery II (Flint, MI), Alahna Whitner (Richmond, VA); Great-Grandchildren, Ka’ni Bryon, Zae’lyn Avery, Ari’yanna Batson, Brianna Batson, Keontiea Williams Jr., Ti’yanna Williams, Kevon Williams, Taylor Williams, Jaden Johnson, Kiyan Avery Jr. and Kyana Avery, all of Flint, Jasmine Israel, Titus Israel II, Izayah Israel, Jeremiah Israel, Zacaharias Israel and Zachaeus Israel, all of Detroit, MI, Ladarious Johnson of Nashville, TN, Zoé Ramsey, Jordan Ramsey and Brycen Ramsey, all of Cleveland, TX,.3 sisters, Williette Denise (Charles) Woods, Cindy Ganaway and Darlene Harris Vassar of Nashville, TN; sisters-in-law, Annette Blake and Francine Avery; brother-in-law, James (Sylvia) Avery of Henderson, NV; a host of nieces, nephews, aunts; a host of cousins including special close cousins, Mary E. Jackson, Patrcia Sharp and Jeanette “She-She” Ward; best friend, Gattie (Oliver) Welch of Trenton, TN; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Linnie K. Agnew of Trenton, TN, Sharon Jackson and Virginia Thompson, both of Flint. Mrs. Avery was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Albert Avery Sr.; 2 sons, Albert Lee Avery and Willie Perry Avery; father, Willie Perry Blake; mother, Jeanette (Ward) Blake-Coulter; step-father, Leo Coulter; grandparents, Bertha Barham, James Blake, Willie Ward Sr. and Nina Holloman-Ward; 2 brothers, Floydell Blake and Calvin Blake Sr.; mother and father-in-law, Robert B. Avery and Nannie Ervin Avery-Caldwell. The family would like to express special thanks to Dozier Memorial C.M.E. Church and McLaren Hospice Care Team.

Mrs. Lurla Mae Avery

February 20, 1950 - July 19, 2025