Funeral Services for Henry Green Avery, 87, were held at 10:30 Wednesday morning at Ronk Funeral Home with Rev. Potter officiating. Burial was in Cairo cemetery.

Mr. Avery died at 7 p.m. Monday at Patterson Nursing Home in Alamo where he had been for about three years.

He was born in Crockett County, the son of the late Willie Sam and Amanda Cook Avery. He was a retired farmer.

He leaves two brothers, W. S. (Bill) Avery and Marvin Avery, both of Alamo; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Wilson of Memphis and Mrs. Clara Simmons of Kansas City.