Avery Matthew Davis loved being outdoors.

The Orangeburg boy loved hunting, fishing, sports and more.

On Saturday, Avery’s family and friends celebrated his life and the outdoors that he loved so much.

Avery died on Nov. 25, just one day after he was struck in the head by a pellet from a shot fired by a teen in hunting accident near Cameron, according to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office.

Pastor Johnny Baker, of Emmanuel Community Church, preaches during the funeral of Avery Matthew Davis, 6, in the gymnasium of Calhoun Academy …

His family and friends celebrated his life at his service held in gym of the school he’d attended, Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews.

Pastor Johnny Baker told the crowd, “When I think of Avery, my favorite picture is him in his drawers fishing.”

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“And dogs around him,” Baker added. “He loved animals.”

A Christmas tree, adorned with photos of Avery Matthew Davis, was displayed in the lobby of the gymnasium at Calhoun Academy on Saturday.

“And he was hard-headed and energetic. He’s got two grandmamas and a grandpa up there (in heaven) already trying to keep him straight,” he said, smiling.

“I was thinking when he got to heaven, he met your mama,” Baker said, looking at Avery’s dad, Jeremy Davis. Avery’s mother is Cindy Davis.

Everyone loved Avery Davis, the 6-year-old who died Saturday following a hunting accident.

“And so he’s up there. He’s having a good time,” Baker said.

“God is all-sufficient and in him we need nothing,” he said.

“If you ask Avery, as much as he loved y’all, ‘Would you come home?’ he’d say, ‘No, Mama and Daddy, I’m having a good time,’” Baker said.

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“He wouldn’t come home. It’s our own desire and our loss that makes us feel like we do, but he wouldn’t come home,” Baker said.

“Maybe there was a bored moment in heaven and the Lord said, ‘I’m going to call Avery up here,’” Baker speculated.

“I don’t know if there are coon dogs in heaven, but I know the Bible talks about lions and lambs and that the lion will lay down with the lamb,” Baker added.

“I can picture him (Avery) in them little underwear, just pulling the mane of the lion and running around and the Lord saying, ‘Avery, quit touching the wings of that angel,’ ‘Don’t pee over there.’”

The crowd laughed in response.

“I can see that in my mind and with that, it ought to give you peace,” he said.

“If he wouldn’t come back, let me draw nigh to God and let God draw nigh to me. And just accept and embrace God’s decision,” Baker said.

Baker told the crowd, “Through young Avery, five people’s lives are changed today because they had an opportunity to live.”

Baker was referring to Avery’s being an organ donor and that five people are recipients of some of the 6-year-old’s organs.

Avery loved all things concerning the outdoors and playing ball with his friends.

At his service, his peers approached his casket prior to the start of the service.

Some of his peers wore camouflage-patterned clothes.

Others wore their Cameron Colts T-ball jerseys. Coaches for the team wore their coaching shirts.

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Avery’s wooden casket, lined with camouflage-patterned cloth, sat on two metal dog boxes – the metal boxes often used in the beds of pickup trucks when transporting coon dogs.

Several flower arrangements flanked the casket. To the left was Avery’s guitar and a cowboy hat.

His Cameron Colts baseball jersey and hat were displayed too.

His parents, Jeremy Davis and Cindy Davis, along with Avery’s siblings Aiden Davis and AnnaBelle Davis, greeted family and friends following the service.

Avery’s parents have described their son as being a “bright soul with a big heart” as well as being a comedian, life of the party and never meeting a stranger.

Avery was buried following the service at the Davis Cemetery on Cemetery Road in Neeses.

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