Marsha Avara is from Lafayette, LA and has been a resident of Pascagoula, MS for the past 30 years.  She is the wife of Dr. William Travis Avara, III and the mother of three children.  Marsha is a member and past president of Singing River Medical Alliance and past member of the Board of Directors of MS State Medical Association Alliance.  She is an active member of Dantzler Memorial United Methodist Church in Moss Point, MS and coordinator of Family Ministries there.