Cleburne County AlArchives Obituaries.....Ayres, Patrick Jeptha April 28, 1923
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Cleburne News
Mr. Pat J. Ayers, about sixty-five years old, a leading citizen and successful 
farmer of the southern part of the county, was killed in an automobile accident 
a what is known as the "narrows" on Tallapoosa River Saturday morning at about 
two o'clock, it is said. Mr. Ayers, it is said, was in the car with Dr. J. H. 
Ligon and Leonard Knight, and was passing over a newly worked piece of road at a 
dangerous point, when the accident happened, the machine going over an 
embankment, landing at the bottom of the fill with the above result. , Dr. 
Ligon, Mr. Ayers and Knight it is said, were returning from a trip in Randolph 
County when the accident occurred and were near the Cleburne line when the car 
went over the embankment, turning two complete summersaults, landing on its 
wheels. When assistance arrived, the unfortunate man was found in the car, 
sitting in an upright position, dead, his neck having been broken. Ligon is said 
to have escaped with only, a few slight scratches, as did also Knight. Mr. Ayers 
tragic death caused great sorrow throughout the community and here in Heflin 
where he was known. The funeral and interment took place Sunday at Hepsabah 
church, Rev. J. W. Grubbs conducting the services.

Additional Comments:
Patrick Jeptha "Black Pat" Ayres was born Oct 10, 1861, in Randolph County 
Alabama. He was the son John Patrick Ayres & Nancy Louisa Dickson Smith. He was 
grandson Dudley Ayres & Clarissa McKenzie and Jeptha V. Smith & Nancy Dickson 
and great-grandson of Georgia General David Dickson. His grandfather Dudley 
Ayres was born in Ayersville, Franklin County, Georgia. His father John Patrick 
Ayres was born in Carroll County Georgia. His mother Nancy Smith-Ayres-Holmes 
was born in Randolph County Alabama. 
Patrick Jeptha Ayres married Martha Eugenia Currie the daughter of John Wilson 
Currie and Sarah Reynolds. They were the parents of: Thaddues Wilson Ayres, 
Artemesia Elizabeth Ayres-Gregg, John Jeptha Ayres, Nancy Eugenia Ayres-Morrison
Arizonia Louisa Ayres-Roberts, Joseph Irwin Ayres and Charles McKinley Ayres.   

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