Gary Lee Ayers

Mr. Gary Lee Ayers,
age 59, of Martin, Ga.,
passed away Tuesday,
Sept. 30, 2025, at Stephens
County Hospital.
Born May 1, 1966, in
Toccoa, he was the son of
the late Charles Gilbert
and Dorothy V. Stancil Ay-
ers. He was a member of
Mullins Ford Baptist
Church and retired in 2009
as a Correctional Officer
with Alto State Prison.
Family members in-
clude his wife, Patty Grif-
fin Ayers; aunts, Lonora
Walters, Wilma Davis,
Nancy Peeples (Barry),
and Mary Swift; uncle,
Frank Stancil; nieces, Kala
Griffin and Dena Griffin;
nephews, Dustin Griffin
and Douglas Sellers
(Tasha); great-nephew,
Abel Griffin; great-nieces,
Halee Sellers, Natalee Sell-
ers, and Kaylee Sellers;
sister-in-law, Deborah
Sellers; and brother-in-
law, Mike Griffin (Cheri).
He was preceded in death
by his sister, Karen Ayers
Gordon.
The family will receive
friends at the mortuary
from 10-11:45 a.m. Thurs-
day, Oct. 2, 2025.
Funeral services will be
held at 12 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 2, 2025, from the
Chapel of Whitlock Mortu-
ary with the Rev. Joey
Stewart and the Rev.
James Duncan officiating.
A private burial will be
at Zebulon Baptist Church
Cemetery.
The following gentle-
men will serve as hon-
orary pallbearers; James
Elrod, Wayne Stancil,
Bradley Elrod, Mike Grif-
fin, Doug Sellers, Johnny
Cheek, and Mark Baird.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial donations may
be made to the Mullins
Ford Baptist Church
Men's Sunday School
Class or to the Muscular
Dystrophy Association,
2310 Parklake Drive, Suite
375, Atlanta, Georgia
30345.
The family would like
to extend a special thank
you to Stephens County
Hospital.
Please keep the family
in your thoughts and
prayers and sign the on-
line guestbook at
www.whitlockmortu-
ary.net.
Whitlock Mortuary, Fu-
neral and Cremations is
honored to be serving the
family of Mr. Gary Lee Ay-
ers.