Submitted by: John C. Monk

Antonio Kirk Avance Jr.

April 8, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Precious baby boy, Antonio Kirk Avance Jr., was born to Briana Baker and Antonio Kirk Avance Sr. on Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN, and was taken into the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, April 8, 2010. Survivors include his parents, Briana Baker and Antonio Kirk Avance Sr.; maternal grandmother, Rhoshonda L. Baker; paternal grandparents, Mattie Cottons and Anthony Avance; a very special aunt, Anelia Halbert, all of South Bend, IN; along with a host of other relatives and friends. Burial will take place at 1 p.m. today, April 12, 2010, at Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, IN. Arrangements have been entrusted to Alford's Mortuary where messages of bereavement may be e-mailed to alfordsmortuary@comcast.net, c/o the Avance family.

Published in South Bend Tribune on April 12, 2010