The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, March 2, 1995                TAG: 9503020417
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ROLAND B. AYERS

Roland Bryant Ayers, 72, of the 1100 block of Baskerville Lane, died March 1, 1995, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

A native of Bethel, N.C., he was a retired truck driver and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Chesapeake.

Survivors include his wife, Jewel D. Ayers; two daughters, Charlotte A. Langford of Baytown, Texas and Arlene Mills of Goldsboro, N.C.; three sons, Jerry D. Ayers of Chesapeake and Stephen D. Ayers and Danny E. Ayers, both of Baytown; and 14 grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Lynn Hardaway. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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