Louise Ayers, daughter of the late Henry Otto Roberts and Rhoda Samantha Flanigan Roberts, was born on February 16, 1937 in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed this life on November 14, 2020 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 83 years.

Mrs. Ayers and her husband were the former owners of the Bloomfield Drive Inn in Bloomfield, Missouri. She was a member of the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church in Aid and a resident of Dexter.

On October 30, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Glen Ayers. Mrs. Ayers preceded her in death on November 28, 2016.

She is survived by two daughters, Sharon Ayers of Dexter and Glenda Fortner and husband Larry of Dexter; by two brothers, Frank Roberts and Darel Roberts; by six grandchildren, Chris Fortner and wife Crystal, David Fortner and wife Jodi, John Fortner and wife Evie, Lisa Childers and husband James, Cheryl Fortner, and Hannah Fortner; and by seven great-grandchildren, Levi Fortner, Chelsea Fortner, Taryn Fortner, Kamdyn Fortner, Breanna Childers, Isabella Childers, and Dayton Fortner.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers, Otto Roberts, Glen Roberts, Harold Roberts, Carl Lee Roberts, Johnnie Roberts, and Norman Roberts; and by three sisters, Geneva Hessling, Juanita Ohminus, and Betty Sue Chitwood.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Joe Payne officiating.

Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.