Mr. James Deloy "Shorty" Ayers, age 85, of Upper Hilham Road, passed from this life on Sunday evening, March 31, 2019 from the Overton County Health & Rehab Center in Livingston. He was born in Overton County on January 30, 1934 to the late John & Effie Mae Sullivan Ayers. Shorty worked for many years in construction, then retiring from Hutchinson in Livingston. He married the love of his life, Marie Ella Talley Ayers 59 years ago this year. Shorty was affiliated with the Holly Springs Church of Christ.
Shorty leaves behind his loving wife, Marie Ella Talley Ayers of Hilham, TN; grandsons, Patrick Deloy Ayers of Hilham, TN, and Devan K Ayers of Rickman, TN; sisters, Barb Dodson & husband Kenneth of Rickman, TN, and Shelby Hawkins of Nashville, TN; brother, Bill Ayers of Crossville, TN.
In addition to his parents, Shorty was preceded in death by his son, James Kent Ayers; sisters, Jessie Nell Edmonds, Bonnie Clark, and Geneva Ayers and brother, Lovell Ayers.
There are no services scheduled at this time for Mr. James Deloy "Shorty" Ayers.[more]