AYERS, CROOKS Mrs. Rachel E. KING AYERS, 71, of Canonsburg died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, January 20, 1944, in St. Joseph's hospital, Pittsburgh. She had been in ill health for several years and her condition had been serious the past three weeks. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. KING, she was born July 22, 1873, in Greene county, near Waynesburg, and had resided in the Canonsburg area for 38 years. She and Wylie AYERS were married January 10, 1906. Mrs. AYERS was a member of the Canonsburg U. P. church. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harry E. MCELHANEY of McDonald and Mrs. Zander PEYTON at home; two sons: Cpl. Oliver J. AYERS, stationed in California and Earl M. AYERS of Hickory; a brother, Louis KING of Waynesburg; three half-brothers: James KING of Pine Bank, Greene county, and Donald and Bryant KING of West Alexander; a half-sister, Mrs. George LOHR of West Alexander. There are ten grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the AYERS home, conducted by the Rev. H. Ross HUME. Burial was in Oak Spring cemetery. Mrs. Sadie MEVEY, CROOKS, 85, died at 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 21, 1944, in her home 205 Spring street, Oakdale, following a six-week illness. A daughter of the late Pryor and Sara Agnes DONAHUE MEVEY, she was born April 22, 1858, on a farm near McDonald. She attended the old academy in Oakdale and Indiana State Normal school, after which she taught one year in Indiana and one year in a school near McDonald. She and Henry Richard CROOKS were married April 3, 1883, in McDonald by the Rev. W. D. IRONS. The sent to housekeeping on a farm in North Fayette township near Imperial and in 1891 the moved to Oakdale where they had resided since. Mr. CROOKS died June 5, 1905. Mrs. CROOKS was a member of the Oakdale United Presbyterian church. She is survived by two daughters, Cora, the wife of the late Norman B. HOFFMAN of East Orange, N. J., and Bella, the wife of Robert Robinson of Oakdale. There are five grandchildren and one great grandchild. A daughter, Mrs. Agnes ARMOUR, died December 6, 1926. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the CROOKS home conducted by the Rev. W. Y. RITCHIE, pastor of the Oakdale United Presbyterian church, assisted by Dr. W. R. MCMUNN a former pastor. Burial was in the Oakdale cemetery.