by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 20, 1993 TAG: 9301200309 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT AYERS, C.
AYERS, Carrie Rodgers, 81, of Roanoke, passed away January 19, 1993 in a local hospital. She was a retired employee of Roanoke Mills and a member of Emmanuel Wesleyan Church. She went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday. She is survived by her devoted husband of 59 years, Carl Ayers; daughter and son-in-law, Wanda and Earl Bostic, son and daughter-in-law, Wilson ("Bill") and Helen Ayers, all of Roanoke; son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Pat Ayers, Poway, Calif.; grandchildren and their spouses, Pam Bostic, Joy and Richard Smith, Karen and Bob Killen, Melanie Bostic, Tim Bostic, Carl and Melissa Ayers, Dawn and Juan Reyes, Crystal and Kevin Saunders; four stepgrandchildren, Shelia Robb, Billy Blankenship, Jimmy Blankenship, Pete Nance; five great-grandchildren, two sisters and a brother-in-law, Jenny and Teddy Propst, Covington, Nola Malcomb, Richmond; four sisters-in-law, Lillie Ayers, Bedford, Virginia Morgan, Winchester, Lou Rodgers, Warm Springs, Gladys Rodgers, Saluda; a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Aaron Rummage, the Rev. Albert Massey and the Rev. Orlando Gonzalez officiating. Memorials may be made to the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Oakey's North Chapel.