Ava Lucia Mendez McWhirter

by Eric

Ava Lucia Mendez McWhirter, 8, went to be with our Lord on Monday, July 14, 2014 in Anton. Services for Ava will be 2 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Anton High School Auditorium in Anton with Father George Poonely officiating. Burial will follow at Anton Cemetery under the direction of Broadway Funeral Directors. There will be a rosary held at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Broadway Funeral Chapel. Ava was born on May 16, 2006 in Lubbock to David and Alejandra McWhirter III. She attended Anton Elementary, where she had just passed over to the third grade. Having a passion for all animals, Ava took in many strays and loved them all as her own. She also loved drawing, wearing pretty dresses, high heels and the outdoors. She had a huge heart and was loved by many including her grandmother, whom she went home with for the final time. She is survived by her parents, David and Alejandra McWhirter III of Anton; one brother, Fox Mendez McWhirter; one sister, Lauren Mendez McWhirter; her grandparents, Emilio Mendez Jr. of Anton and David and Delores McWhirter Jr. of Anton; great grandparents, Emilio A. Mendez of Brownfield, Mary McWhirter of Springtown, and Maria Medrano of Asherton. She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Patricia Tisha Mendez.

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