Background
Avance, J. Drew was born on November 7, 1909 in Hoxie, Arkansas, United States. Son of William Pinkerton and Florence Ophelia (Pillow) Avance.
Avance, J. Drew was born on November 7, 1909 in Hoxie, Arkansas, United States. Son of William Pinkerton and Florence Ophelia (Pillow) Avance.
Bachelor, Henderson College, 1932. Student, Yale University, 1933—1934. Student, Louisiana State University, 1934—1935.
Bachelor of Laws, University Arkansas, 1938. Master of Arts, State Teachers College, 1958.
Instructor University Arkansas Law School, 1940—1966, Little Rock University, 1960—1963. Private practice Little Rock, 1945—1966. Served to major United States Army, 1942-1945.
Member of American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, County Bar Association, Masons.
Married Leah Knowlton, November 24, 1935.