Henry Avery, son of the late John Wes Avery, Alene Lawson Avery and Blanche Harper Avery was born on November 28, 1946, in Circle City, Missouri, and departed this life on February 19, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 75 years.

Mr. Avery was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Vietnam War. He was a former forklift operator at Faurcia Automotive in Dexter. He was an active member of the Calvary Baptist Church and was a resident of Dexter. Mr. Avery was a member of the Dexter Masonic Lodge #511, Kenady-Hanks American Legion Post #59 and was a volunteer at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

On October 19, 1973, in Clarkton, Missouri he was united in marriage to Nanny Lou Baker. Mrs. Avery survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife Nanny, he is survived by two sons, Stacy Avery and wife Dr. Suzanne of Nashville, Tennessee and David and wife Michelle Avery of Sikeston, Missouri; four grandchildren Bryant Avery, Reid Avery, Sophie Avery, and Alexander Avery; by his brother, Tom Eugene Avery of El Cajon, California; and by his sister, Bonnie Cooper of Dexter, Missouri.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Vader Stultz.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Masonic services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Memorials may be made to 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.