We are sad to announce that on March 15, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Rhoda J. Avant of Metropolis, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her father Jerome Purchase; her nephew Jorden Avant; her cousin Anthony Tim Duncan; her grandmother Odell Duncan; and her aunts and uncles, Benetta Adams, Pamela Duncan, Etta Pearl Duncan-Kelley (Paul), Betty Duncan, Mary Patterson, Patricia Young, Lorenzo Duncan (Burnett), Cecil Purchase (Wende), Wiston Purchase, Bryant Walls (Grace), Brent Walls (Donna) and David Avant.

She is survived by : her mother Floretta Avant-Simelton; her sons, Lorenzo Johnson and Jeffrey Bond, Jr.; her siblings, Bennie Avant, Jamar Avant (Mioshea), Joe Simelton (Bianca), Alfiba Martin (Stacie), Ryan Sanders (Debra), Jerome Purchase (Paulette), Nikitisa Purchase (Alonna), Jonathon Rolfe, Jeremy Rolfe, Monwell Wilson (Patricia), Anthony Webster (Nyila), Randall Wilson, James Wilson, Dwayne Wilson, Laverne Purchase and Brenda Williams; her granddaughter Zara Sinclair Johnson; her cousin Keeshia Duncan Carr; and her close friends, Carol Childress (Glenn), Laura Taylor and Angie Brown. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Massie Funeral Home