05.02.2007, 17:10
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
16 May 1936
Wife of Sam Avey, The Promoter, Dies
Word was receivedi n Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon of the death of Mrs. Sam Avey, wife of the well known boxing and wrestling promoter.
Mrs. Avey died in a Tulsa hospital. She had been ill since last Monday of pneumonia and a throat infection. It was through that she passed the crisis Monday and was improving, but she took a turn for the worse Friday.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
16 May 1936
Wife of Sam Avey, The Promoter, Dies
Word was receivedi n Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon of the death of Mrs. Sam Avey, wife of the well known boxing and wrestling promoter.
Mrs. Avey died in a Tulsa hospital. She had been ill since last Monday of pneumonia and a throat infection. It was through that she passed the crisis Monday and was improving, but she took a turn for the worse Friday.