BEYONCE’S DAD REMARRIES: MATHEW KNOWLES MARRIES GENA CHARMAINE AVERY

Mathew Knowles is a married man! Beyonce’s father married former model Gena Charmaine Avery on Sunday, June 30 in Houston, Tex., The Associated Press reports.

The “Rise Up” singer’s former manager, 61, was engaged to 48-year-old Avery, currently a realtor, for a year and a half.

Knowles, head of Music World Entertainment, stopped managing his daughter’s career in March 2011. In a statement to Us Weekly at the time, Jay-Z’s wife, 31, said there was no hard feelings based on

“I’ve only parted ways with my father on a business level,” Beyonce said. “He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me. I grew up watching both he and my mother [Tina Knowles] manage and own their own businesses. They were hard-working entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps.”