Talmadge Donald Ayers, age 82 of Carrollton, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2014 after suffering a stroke. He was born April 11, 1932 in Bowdon, Georgia to the late Mr. Jim Adrian Ayers and Mrs. Liley Bell Lee Ayers. He was a 1949 graduate of Bowdon High School where he proudly played baseball all four years. While he was in school he learned to be a brick mason and continued this trade for 14 years, only to be deterred by the draft, where he proudly served his country in the U.S.Army during the Korean Conflict. Later, Mr. Ayers started Ayers and Smith Motor Company where he worked for 40 years until he retired in February 2002. He performed volunteer work with the county polls, and also spent time serving at the soup kitchen. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church where he was active in the Ted Robinson, Adult II, Sunday school class. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #69. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister, Mildred McWhorter. Survivors include his loving wife, the love of his life, LaRuth Bennett Ayers, who he married on a rainy Sunday, December 5, 1954; his children, LaDonna Ayers McKenzie, Elizabeth "Libba" Ayers Conner (Mike), and Lee Hester Ayers Rhodes (Russ); grandchildren, Talmadge Emerson Conner (Jennifer), Janie LaRuth McKenzie, Samuel John Conner, Robert Ayers Conner, Rebecca Erin Rhodes, and Rachel Elizabeth Rhodes; and great grandchildren, Kaydance JaDaci McKenzie and Kinleigh KaDaci McKenzie. Funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 11:00 AM from Tabernacle Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Carrollton City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Tee, Sam, and Rob Conner and his nephews, Mike, Ricky, and Tim McWhorter, Rolin, Robert, and Rodrick Cosper. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Ted Robinson Adult II Sunday school class and their spouses, and all present and former square dance club members. The family will receive friends Monday, August 18, 2014 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel. In his honor, donations may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel of Carrollton has charge of the arrangements.