Donna L. Avery continued to work hard as an entrepreneur and part-time professor. She also was blessed with the arrival of her one and only grandchild whom she adored. She was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder in 2016 and slowly lost her motor skills, though her intelligence and memory remained as sharp as ever. Her body entered its final rest on Friday November 20, 2020. She will be greatly missed, but never forgotten. May her legacy as a hard-working black woman who overcame great odds, be remembered forever.