DR. AMOS J. AYERS DIES IN ATLANTA LAST SUNDAY
Dr. Amos Jefferson Ayers, noted Atlanta physician, and a native of Douglas County, died Sunday in a private hospital in Atlanta. He was 60 years of age.
A graduate of Emory College of Medicine, he did post graduate work at the Harvard Medical School. Earlier, he had attended the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Medical College.
He served his period of internship at the Home for Incurables and Grady Memorial Hospital and began the practice of pathology in 1919. Dr. Ayers was on the staffs of Crawford W. Long and Georgia Baptist Hospitals.
He was a member of the Fulton and Georgia Medical Associations, Theta Kappa Psi Medical fraternity and the American Board of Clinical Pathology. In addition, Dr. Ayers was a member of the Sardis Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar and the Shrine. He was a steward in the Peachtree Road Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Ollie Strange, of Manning, S. C.; a son, Ralph Allen Ayers, of Atlanta; two brothers, Steven E. Ayers, of Winston, and James Carl Ayers, of Villa Rica.
Funeral services for Dr. Ayers were held Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at Spring Hill, in Atlanta, Dr. Nat G. Long and Mr. W. M. Bishop officiating. Burial was in West View Cemetery.
- Douglas County Sentinel, September 23, 1949
Dr. Amos Jefferson Ayers, noted Atlanta physician, and a native of Douglas County, died Sunday in a private hospital in Atlanta. He was 60 years of age.
A graduate of Emory College of Medicine, he did post graduate work at the Harvard Medical School. Earlier, he had attended the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Medical College.
He served his period of internship at the Home for Incurables and Grady Memorial Hospital and began the practice of pathology in 1919. Dr. Ayers was on the staffs of Crawford W. Long and Georgia Baptist Hospitals.
He was a member of the Fulton and Georgia Medical Associations, Theta Kappa Psi Medical fraternity and the American Board of Clinical Pathology. In addition, Dr. Ayers was a member of the Sardis Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar and the Shrine. He was a steward in the Peachtree Road Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Ollie Strange, of Manning, S. C.; a son, Ralph Allen Ayers, of Atlanta; two brothers, Steven E. Ayers, of Winston, and James Carl Ayers, of Villa Rica.
Funeral services for Dr. Ayers were held Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at Spring Hill, in Atlanta, Dr. Nat G. Long and Mr. W. M. Bishop officiating. Burial was in West View Cemetery.
- Douglas County Sentinel, September 23, 1949
DR. AMOS J. AYERS DIES IN ATLANTA LAST SUNDAY
Dr. Amos Jefferson Ayers, noted Atlanta physician, and a native of Douglas County, died Sunday in a private hospital in Atlanta. He was 60 years of age.
A graduate of Emory College of Medicine, he did post graduate work at the Harvard Medical School. Earlier, he had attended the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Medical College.
He served his period of internship at the Home for Incurables and Grady Memorial Hospital and began the practice of pathology in 1919. Dr. Ayers was on the staffs of Crawford W. Long and Georgia Baptist Hospitals.
He was a member of the Fulton and Georgia Medical Associations, Theta Kappa Psi Medical fraternity and the American Board of Clinical Pathology. In addition, Dr. Ayers was a member of the Sardis Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar and the Shrine. He was a steward in the Peachtree Road Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Ollie Strange, of Manning, S. C.; a son, Ralph Allen Ayers, of Atlanta; two brothers, Steven E. Ayers, of Winston, and James Carl Ayers, of Villa Rica.
Funeral services for Dr. Ayers were held Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at Spring Hill, in Atlanta, Dr. Nat G. Long and Mr. W. M. Bishop officiating. Burial was in West View Cemetery.
- Douglas County Sentinel, September 23, 1949
Dr. Amos Jefferson Ayers, noted Atlanta physician, and a native of Douglas County, died Sunday in a private hospital in Atlanta. He was 60 years of age.
A graduate of Emory College of Medicine, he did post graduate work at the Harvard Medical School. Earlier, he had attended the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Medical College.
He served his period of internship at the Home for Incurables and Grady Memorial Hospital and began the practice of pathology in 1919. Dr. Ayers was on the staffs of Crawford W. Long and Georgia Baptist Hospitals.
He was a member of the Fulton and Georgia Medical Associations, Theta Kappa Psi Medical fraternity and the American Board of Clinical Pathology. In addition, Dr. Ayers was a member of the Sardis Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar and the Shrine. He was a steward in the Peachtree Road Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Ollie Strange, of Manning, S. C.; a son, Ralph Allen Ayers, of Atlanta; two brothers, Steven E. Ayers, of Winston, and James Carl Ayers, of Villa Rica.
Funeral services for Dr. Ayers were held Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at Spring Hill, in Atlanta, Dr. Nat G. Long and Mr. W. M. Bishop officiating. Burial was in West View Cemetery.
- Douglas County Sentinel, September 23, 1949
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