A funeral service for Cecile L. Avery of Covington, will be Monday February 18, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Covington, with Rev. Jerry Brown officiating.  Burial will follow in the Covington Cemetery.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

            Cecile was born on August 8, 1910 in Elizabeth, Arkansas to Elias and Sophia (Nimmo) McGlasson and died on February 14, 2008 in Enid.

            Cecile married Mack Avery on April 27, 1928 in Beggs, Oklahoma, and there made their home in Covington, where she was a homemaker.  Cecile was known for her wonderful family dinners, she enjoyed quilting, and her children remember her whistling as she worked. 

            Cecile is survived by her children Jean Dwyre, Bertha and husband Aaron Staerkel all of Enid,  Bob and wife Ruth Avery of Covington, Connie and wife Mary Ann Avery, Don Avery all of Ponca City, and Lorene and husband Chuck Smith of Perry; step-children Myrtle Covington of Holdenville, and Edna Combs of Fresno, California; a daughter-in-law Lou Avery of Enid;  22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; a brother Jack McGlasson of Eufaula; two sisters Sylvia Doyle of Midwest City, and Betty Root of Davis.

            She was preceded in death by her husband Mack; a son Carl, a daughter Norma McMartin; two step-sons, Earl and Noah Avery.