Descendants of Charles Woolverton

Thomas V. Ayers Sr. and Bonnie Marie Dowden

Husband Thomas V. Ayers Sr. [51959]
           Born: 3 Sep 1892 - Bowie, Montague County, TX
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jun 1966 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
         Buried:  - Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, Montague County, TX
         Father: William Albert Ayers [11579] (1853-1931)
         Mother: Rachel L. Carroll [11576] (1858-1900)
       Marriage:  - ^[MRIN:17329]
Wife Bonnie Marie Dowden [23923]
           Born: 4 Jul 1911 - Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, LA
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Dec 2006 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
         Buried:  - Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
Children
1 M Thomas V. (Tom) Ayers Jr. [23924]
           Born: 25 Dec 1933 - Sabine Parish, LA
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 May 2000 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
         Buried:  - Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
         Spouse: Joyce Marie Sawyer [23925] (1940-2011)
           Marr: ^[MRIN:7869]
General Notes: Husband - Thomas V. Ayers Sr.

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Birth: Sep. 3, 1892
Bowie
Montague County
Texas, USA
Death: Jun. 18, 1966
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA

Family links:
Parents:
William Albert Ayres (1853 - 1931)
Rachel L. Carroll Ayres (1858 - 1900)

Spouse:
Bonnie Marie Dowden Hicks (1911 - 2006)

Children:
Thomas V. Ayres (1933 - 2000)*

Siblings:
William Raymond Ayres (1878 - 1934)**
Arthur Albert Ayres (1886 - 1956)**
Clarence Marvin Ayres (1890 - 1976)*
Thomas V. Ayres (1892 - 1966)
Mary Lee Ayers Hunt (1896 - 1983)*
Vernon E. Ayres (1898 - 1898)*
James O. Ayres (1900 - 1918)*

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Elmwood Cemetery
Bowie
Montague County
Texas, USA

Created by: John Andrew Prime
Record added: Oct 24, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 99551154

"Thomas Ayers Succumbs Here

Thomas V. Ayers, 73, of 546 Vine St., died at 7:25 a.m. Saturday at Confederate Memorial Hospital following an illness of six weeks.

Mr. Ayers, a retired salesman, was a native of Bowie, Tex. He had been a Shreveport resident for three years.

He is survived by a son, Thomas V. Ayres Jr. of Oxnard, Calif. a brother, Marvin Ayres of Bowie; and one grandchild.

Mr. Ayres' body will be shipped to Owens-Brumley Funeral Home in Bowie at 3 p.m. today by First National Funeral Home.

Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday in Bowie under the direction of Owens-Brumley. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery at Bowie."
General Notes: Wife - Bonnie Marie Dowden

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Birth: Jul. 4, 1911
Hornbeck
Vernon Parish
Louisiana, USA
Death: Dec. 6, 2006
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA

Bonnie Marie Dowden Ayres Hicks, a resident of Oil City the last three decades of her life, was in the first graduating class from the T.E. Schumpert School of Nursing in Shreveport, and had a lengthy nursing career. She was employed in numerous hospitals, including the Veterans Hospital in North Little Rock, the Brentwood Hospital in Shreveport, La., and at Camarillo State Hospital in Camarillo, Calif., where she was head psychiatric nurse and worked with women who had been part of the Charles Manson "family" of sociopaths. She also was a hotel owner with her late husband Everett Hicks. She was the mother of noted music producer Thomas V Ayres, who is noted in Findagrave as a Famous Person. She was the youngest of 13 siblings.

Family links:
Parents:
Francis Asbarry Dowden (1873 - 1965)
Elizabeth Eglantine Self Dowden (1878 - 1945)

Spouse:
Thomas V. Ayres (1892 - 1966)*

Children:
Thomas V. Ayres (1933 - 2000)*

Siblings:
Francis Luke Dowden (1896 - 1968)*
William Elisha Dowden (1899 - 1978)*
Cecil Abraham Dowden (1904 - 1977)*
Oma Dowden Jones (1907 - 1998)*
Lena Dowden Tarver (1909 - 2003)*
Bonnie Marie Dowden Hicks (1911 - 2006)
Louise Harriet Dowden Harvey (1916 - 2002)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Centuries Memorial Park
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA

Created by: John Andrew Prime
Record added: Dec 09, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16965179
Notes: Marriage

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