_Rev. Nathan AYARS _
_John Stillman AYARS _|_Amy AYARS _________
_Hazael Manning AYARS ____|
| | _Mark AYARS ________
| |_Tamer AYARS _________|_Phebe AYARS _______
_Benjamin Franklin AYARS _|
| | _James STANBROUGH __
| | _Gardner STANBROUGH __|_Mary TIFF _________
| |_Cornelia STANBROUGH _____|
| | _Benjamin NYE ______
| |_Freegift NYE ________|_Abigail BRIGGS ____
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|--Orville Lavant AYARS
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| _Uriah MINER _____________|
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|_Sarah Caroline MINER ____|
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|_Matilda Josephine BODLE _|
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Birth & Death: AYARS, ORVILLE LAVANT--Orville L. Ayars was born Feb. 21, 1879, near Carson City, Mich., and passed away at Battle Creek, Mich., from a coronary attack while there on a visit. Mr. Ayars was born into an Adventist family and was a faithful member and church worker all of his life. He worked at the Review and Herald in Battle Creek for a number of years. He helped to move the college from Battle Creek to Berrien Springs, where he was farm manager from 1912 to 1916. On leaving E. M. C., he moved to a farm near Kalamazoo. he was a member of the Paw Paw Church until he moved to Taft, Fla., in 1950. He leaves to mourn his wife, Iva; one son, Harold; one sister, Edna DeVries; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. he was laid to rest in the Oshtemo Cemetery where he awaits the call of the Lifegiver. (H. D. Miller) (Obituary, Lake Union Herald, Sept. 3, 1964.) Review and Herald, Aug. 18, 1964.