The Times Record Sept 23, 2009
Funeral services for Mr. Jesse Alford Ayres, age 86 of Fayette, were held Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at 11 am, from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Bro Scott Davis officiated, eulogy by Carol Garrett. Burial followed in the Fayette City Cemetery. Mr. Ayres was born Nov 17, 1922. He died Thursday Sept 17 at Forest Manor Nursing Home, in Northport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. & Lucille Ayres; sisters Bama Lynn Ayres, Margaret Poe, Jimmie Lou Boyd, Nina Brandt and Dorothy Ayres; brothers J.W. Ayres, Jr, Wade Ayres and Albert Curtis Ayres.
Survivors include one brother, Douglas Ayres of Fayette; two sisters, Nita Cannon of Fayette and Peggy Sisson of Trussville.
Pallbearers were Jeffie Lawrence, Jake Garrett, Jimmy Ayres, Darrel Brandt, Dale Lawrence, Scott Canterbury, Buddy Cannon and Jody Ayres.
Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.
AYRES WAS NEWSPAPER MAN UNTIL HIS DEATH
Jesse Ayres, co-publisher and co-founder of The Times-Record, died on Thursday, Sept 17 in Tuscaloosa. He was 87 years old.
No one loved the newspaper industry and The Times-Record more than Ayres. The first edition was published on Aug 24, 1977. Ayres and business partner David Poyner started the paper with a $600. budget from pre-sold subscriptions. They hired two employees, Bobbie Cross and Jerrie Elliott.
The Times-Record first served Fayette & Lamar counties, then expanded to south Marion Co., in 1981, but over the years it focus narrowed to Fayette County.
The name of the paper came from a combination of The Fayette County Times, a paper that was owned by Ayres father, and The Home Record, a paper which was co-owned by Poyner in Livingston.
In his younger years, Ayres played baseball at The University of Alabama and graduated from Alabama in 1950 with a degree in journalism.
Although Ayres played baseball, it was football that he truly loved. He said he got goose pimples when the band played and the football players ran out on the field. Ayres was one of the founders of the Million Dollar Band Booster Club, which was one of his proudest accomplishments.
Following graduation from the University, he worked for Moore Shoe Polish Company and The Fayette Times, which was owned by Ayres father, before moving to California in 1953. He spent 19 years in California working on the hydraulics of the Huey Helicopter.
Ayres returned to Fayette and decided to start a newspaper. Ayres was named Man of the Year in 1976 by the Fayette Lions Club. He retired from The Times-Record in 1983. Ayres continued to use his journalism skills to publish a newsletter for the residential facility for the elderly where he lived in Tuscaloosa. He still used his Smith Corona typewriter to do most of the typesetting.
The newsletter, entitled Chronicles, Traveling the Serendipity Road, was a vehicle for Ayres to provide trivia facts, quotes and his column, Reflections. The name was taken from the column he wrote each week in The Times-Record.
The newsletter also included birthdays of the employees at the facility.
In an interview on the 30th anniversary of The Times-Record, Ayres said, "I know enough about human beings- they like to see their names printed."
The whole idea of a newsletter started when he noticed that some of the ladies at the facility could not read the lunch menu on the bulletin board. The print was too small and if they were in a wheelchair, it was too high for them to see it, so Ayres enlarged the menu and folded it in a manner that was easy to read.
Ayres funeral was held Friday, Sept 18 at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral services for Mr. Jesse Alford Ayres, age 86 of Fayette, were held Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at 11 am, from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Bro Scott Davis officiated, eulogy by Carol Garrett. Burial followed in the Fayette City Cemetery. Mr. Ayres was born Nov 17, 1922. He died Thursday Sept 17 at Forest Manor Nursing Home, in Northport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. & Lucille Ayres; sisters Bama Lynn Ayres, Margaret Poe, Jimmie Lou Boyd, Nina Brandt and Dorothy Ayres; brothers J.W. Ayres, Jr, Wade Ayres and Albert Curtis Ayres.
Survivors include one brother, Douglas Ayres of Fayette; two sisters, Nita Cannon of Fayette and Peggy Sisson of Trussville.
Pallbearers were Jeffie Lawrence, Jake Garrett, Jimmy Ayres, Darrel Brandt, Dale Lawrence, Scott Canterbury, Buddy Cannon and Jody Ayres.
Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.
AYRES WAS NEWSPAPER MAN UNTIL HIS DEATH
Jesse Ayres, co-publisher and co-founder of The Times-Record, died on Thursday, Sept 17 in Tuscaloosa. He was 87 years old.
No one loved the newspaper industry and The Times-Record more than Ayres. The first edition was published on Aug 24, 1977. Ayres and business partner David Poyner started the paper with a $600. budget from pre-sold subscriptions. They hired two employees, Bobbie Cross and Jerrie Elliott.
The Times-Record first served Fayette & Lamar counties, then expanded to south Marion Co., in 1981, but over the years it focus narrowed to Fayette County.
The name of the paper came from a combination of The Fayette County Times, a paper that was owned by Ayres father, and The Home Record, a paper which was co-owned by Poyner in Livingston.
In his younger years, Ayres played baseball at The University of Alabama and graduated from Alabama in 1950 with a degree in journalism.
Although Ayres played baseball, it was football that he truly loved. He said he got goose pimples when the band played and the football players ran out on the field. Ayres was one of the founders of the Million Dollar Band Booster Club, which was one of his proudest accomplishments.
Following graduation from the University, he worked for Moore Shoe Polish Company and The Fayette Times, which was owned by Ayres father, before moving to California in 1953. He spent 19 years in California working on the hydraulics of the Huey Helicopter.
Ayres returned to Fayette and decided to start a newspaper. Ayres was named Man of the Year in 1976 by the Fayette Lions Club. He retired from The Times-Record in 1983. Ayres continued to use his journalism skills to publish a newsletter for the residential facility for the elderly where he lived in Tuscaloosa. He still used his Smith Corona typewriter to do most of the typesetting.
The newsletter, entitled Chronicles, Traveling the Serendipity Road, was a vehicle for Ayres to provide trivia facts, quotes and his column, Reflections. The name was taken from the column he wrote each week in The Times-Record.
The newsletter also included birthdays of the employees at the facility.
In an interview on the 30th anniversary of The Times-Record, Ayres said, "I know enough about human beings- they like to see their names printed."
The whole idea of a newsletter started when he noticed that some of the ladies at the facility could not read the lunch menu on the bulletin board. The print was too small and if they were in a wheelchair, it was too high for them to see it, so Ayres enlarged the menu and folded it in a manner that was easy to read.
Ayres funeral was held Friday, Sept 18 at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel.
The Times Record Sept 23, 2009
Funeral services for Mr. Jesse Alford Ayres, age 86 of Fayette, were held Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at 11 am, from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Bro Scott Davis officiated, eulogy by Carol Garrett. Burial followed in the Fayette City Cemetery. Mr. Ayres was born Nov 17, 1922. He died Thursday Sept 17 at Forest Manor Nursing Home, in Northport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. & Lucille Ayres; sisters Bama Lynn Ayres, Margaret Poe, Jimmie Lou Boyd, Nina Brandt and Dorothy Ayres; brothers J.W. Ayres, Jr, Wade Ayres and Albert Curtis Ayres.
Survivors include one brother, Douglas Ayres of Fayette; two sisters, Nita Cannon of Fayette and Peggy Sisson of Trussville.
Pallbearers were Jeffie Lawrence, Jake Garrett, Jimmy Ayres, Darrel Brandt, Dale Lawrence, Scott Canterbury, Buddy Cannon and Jody Ayres.
Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.
AYRES WAS NEWSPAPER MAN UNTIL HIS DEATH
Jesse Ayres, co-publisher and co-founder of The Times-Record, died on Thursday, Sept 17 in Tuscaloosa. He was 87 years old.
No one loved the newspaper industry and The Times-Record more than Ayres. The first edition was published on Aug 24, 1977. Ayres and business partner David Poyner started the paper with a $600. budget from pre-sold subscriptions. They hired two employees, Bobbie Cross and Jerrie Elliott.
The Times-Record first served Fayette & Lamar counties, then expanded to south Marion Co., in 1981, but over the years it focus narrowed to Fayette County.
The name of the paper came from a combination of The Fayette County Times, a paper that was owned by Ayres father, and The Home Record, a paper which was co-owned by Poyner in Livingston.
In his younger years, Ayres played baseball at The University of Alabama and graduated from Alabama in 1950 with a degree in journalism.
Although Ayres played baseball, it was football that he truly loved. He said he got goose pimples when the band played and the football players ran out on the field. Ayres was one of the founders of the Million Dollar Band Booster Club, which was one of his proudest accomplishments.
Following graduation from the University, he worked for Moore Shoe Polish Company and The Fayette Times, which was owned by Ayres father, before moving to California in 1953. He spent 19 years in California working on the hydraulics of the Huey Helicopter.
Ayres returned to Fayette and decided to start a newspaper. Ayres was named Man of the Year in 1976 by the Fayette Lions Club. He retired from The Times-Record in 1983. Ayres continued to use his journalism skills to publish a newsletter for the residential facility for the elderly where he lived in Tuscaloosa. He still used his Smith Corona typewriter to do most of the typesetting.
The newsletter, entitled Chronicles, Traveling the Serendipity Road, was a vehicle for Ayres to provide trivia facts, quotes and his column, Reflections. The name was taken from the column he wrote each week in The Times-Record.
The newsletter also included birthdays of the employees at the facility.
In an interview on the 30th anniversary of The Times-Record, Ayres said, "I know enough about human beings- they like to see their names printed."
The whole idea of a newsletter started when he noticed that some of the ladies at the facility could not read the lunch menu on the bulletin board. The print was too small and if they were in a wheelchair, it was too high for them to see it, so Ayres enlarged the menu and folded it in a manner that was easy to read.
Ayres funeral was held Friday, Sept 18 at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral services for Mr. Jesse Alford Ayres, age 86 of Fayette, were held Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at 11 am, from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Bro Scott Davis officiated, eulogy by Carol Garrett. Burial followed in the Fayette City Cemetery. Mr. Ayres was born Nov 17, 1922. He died Thursday Sept 17 at Forest Manor Nursing Home, in Northport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. & Lucille Ayres; sisters Bama Lynn Ayres, Margaret Poe, Jimmie Lou Boyd, Nina Brandt and Dorothy Ayres; brothers J.W. Ayres, Jr, Wade Ayres and Albert Curtis Ayres.
Survivors include one brother, Douglas Ayres of Fayette; two sisters, Nita Cannon of Fayette and Peggy Sisson of Trussville.
Pallbearers were Jeffie Lawrence, Jake Garrett, Jimmy Ayres, Darrel Brandt, Dale Lawrence, Scott Canterbury, Buddy Cannon and Jody Ayres.
Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.
AYRES WAS NEWSPAPER MAN UNTIL HIS DEATH
Jesse Ayres, co-publisher and co-founder of The Times-Record, died on Thursday, Sept 17 in Tuscaloosa. He was 87 years old.
No one loved the newspaper industry and The Times-Record more than Ayres. The first edition was published on Aug 24, 1977. Ayres and business partner David Poyner started the paper with a $600. budget from pre-sold subscriptions. They hired two employees, Bobbie Cross and Jerrie Elliott.
The Times-Record first served Fayette & Lamar counties, then expanded to south Marion Co., in 1981, but over the years it focus narrowed to Fayette County.
The name of the paper came from a combination of The Fayette County Times, a paper that was owned by Ayres father, and The Home Record, a paper which was co-owned by Poyner in Livingston.
In his younger years, Ayres played baseball at The University of Alabama and graduated from Alabama in 1950 with a degree in journalism.
Although Ayres played baseball, it was football that he truly loved. He said he got goose pimples when the band played and the football players ran out on the field. Ayres was one of the founders of the Million Dollar Band Booster Club, which was one of his proudest accomplishments.
Following graduation from the University, he worked for Moore Shoe Polish Company and The Fayette Times, which was owned by Ayres father, before moving to California in 1953. He spent 19 years in California working on the hydraulics of the Huey Helicopter.
Ayres returned to Fayette and decided to start a newspaper. Ayres was named Man of the Year in 1976 by the Fayette Lions Club. He retired from The Times-Record in 1983. Ayres continued to use his journalism skills to publish a newsletter for the residential facility for the elderly where he lived in Tuscaloosa. He still used his Smith Corona typewriter to do most of the typesetting.
The newsletter, entitled Chronicles, Traveling the Serendipity Road, was a vehicle for Ayres to provide trivia facts, quotes and his column, Reflections. The name was taken from the column he wrote each week in The Times-Record.
The newsletter also included birthdays of the employees at the facility.
In an interview on the 30th anniversary of The Times-Record, Ayres said, "I know enough about human beings- they like to see their names printed."
The whole idea of a newsletter started when he noticed that some of the ladies at the facility could not read the lunch menu on the bulletin board. The print was too small and if they were in a wheelchair, it was too high for them to see it, so Ayres enlarged the menu and folded it in a manner that was easy to read.
Ayres funeral was held Friday, Sept 18 at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel.
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