Whitney C. Avery

Whitey C. Avery was born September 25, 1970 in Joliet. Illinois. He departed this life on Friday, November 21, 2025 in Joliet, Illinois. 

Whitney graduated in 1984 from Joliet Central High School.

Employed by Stepping Stones, Joliet, Illinois.

He is preceded in death by his sister, Mary Marie Payton; brother, John Henry Avery; maternal grandmother, Edna Marie Adams and paternal grandfather, William D. Adams, Jr.

Survived by his mother, Nancy A. Matthews, Joliet, IL; father, Paul Franklin Avery, Beaver Falls, PA; sister, Lisa L. Payton, Joliet, IL, sister, Shan Nichol Avery, Beaver Falls, PA; uncle, Robert E. Adams, St. Louis, MO and aunt, Sandra L. Miskell, Fayetteville, AK; numerous cousins and friends.

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