Jackson County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....AYRES, Harrison W. May 13, 1985
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The Shreveport Times, 16 May 1985
Headline: Judge H. W. Ayres

SHREVEPORT - Services for Judge H. W. Ayres, age 85, will be held at 10 a.m. 
Friday, May 17, 1985, in the chapel of the Rose-Neath Funeral Home on Marshall 
Street, with the Rev. W. O. Lynch, minister of Noel Memorial United Methodist 
Church, officiating, assisted by Dr. Benedict Galloway.  Burial in Forest Park 
Cemetery.

He died on Tuesday, May 14, 1985, after a brief illness.

Judge Ayres, a member of the Louisiana Judiciary for 32 years and five months, 
was a retired former Chief or Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal.  Prior 
service included 11 years as Judge of Bienville, Claiborne, and Jackson 
Parishes; a 3 1/2 year assignment to the Third District of Lincoln and Union 
Parishes; other assignments included presiding over a special panel on the 
Fourth Circuit in New Orleans and as Justice Ad Hoc of the Supreme Court.

Following his admission to the bar, he practiced law in Arcadia and Jonesboro 
for almost 17 years.

Judge Ayres, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ayers, was a native of Ashland, 
Natchitoches Parish, La.  He obtained his education at Ashland High School, 
where he graduated May 21, 1918, and at L.S.U. Law School.

After retirement, on April 30, 1975, when reached the then mandatory retirement 
age of 75 years, while maintaining his domicile in Jonesboro, he continued to 
reside in Shreveport.

Judge Ayres is survived by his wife, the former Edna Ewing, to whom he was 
married December 21, 1929, a son, James Ewing Ayres, an attorney at law of 
Shreveport, husband of Susan Lloyd, two grandchildren, Laura Jean Ayres LeBlanc 
and Leland Harrison (Lee) Ayres, both of Baton Rouge, and a host of nieces, 
nephews, and other relatives.

He was a member of the Noel Memorial United Methodist Church, the Louisiana 
State Bar Association and Jonesboro Lodge No. 280, F&AM, and, for many years, 
of the American Bar Association and other organizations of the legal fraternity.

Pallbearers are: Judge Pike Hall, Jr., Judge O. E. Price, Judge Charles A. 
Marvin, Judge James E. Bolin, L.C. Ewing and Robert K. Mayo.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Noel Memorial 
Methodist Church or charity of choice.



Additional Comments:
Judge Ayres wife was Edna EWING, daughter of William Oliver EWING, Sr. and 
Caldonia Maudie (MAY) EWING.

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