Deacon Charles Avery, retired police chief of Demopolis, Alabama and a former native of Demopolis, Alabama passed December 22, 2008. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 30, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Old Springhill Road, Demopolis, Alabama. Rev. Charlie Moore is the pastor. Rev. E.J. James, Jr., pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church, Northoport, Alabama will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Oak Memorial Park Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The remains will repose at the St. Paul Baptist Church, Demopolis, Alabama on Saturday morning beginning at 11:00 A.M. Public viewing will be held Friday from 12-4 p.m. at Larkin & Scott Funeral Home Chapel. Public viewing will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the Rollins Mortuary Chapel, M.L.K. Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Interment will follow in Cedar Oak Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Larkin & Scott Funeral Directors of Demopolis, Alabama in association with Rollins Funeral Home, Tuscaloosa, Alabama entrusted with arrangements.