Mark Anthony Ayers, son of the late Catherine Louise Ayers and Johnny

Cooper, was born on July 12, 1954 in Exmore, VA and was called to rest

on September 5,2019 at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mark moved to Baltimore at a young age and was reared in the family by

his Aunt Cordie and Uncle Jesse Siler when his mother transitioned.

Mark is a product of Baltimore City Public Schools, graduating from

Carver Vocations-Technical High School in 1972. As a child Mark

attended Berea Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

When the family moved to the Southwest Baltimore neighborhood,

familiarly known as Edmondson Village, Mark blossomed into a friendly

and more extroverted personality, developing relationships that remained

throughout his life, including his two very Best friends Michael Peels and

Garland White (they were like brothers).

Mark and Peggy were married on July 14, 1980 and were blessed with

three sons: Marc, Nigel and Jamal.

Mark was employed by NSA National Security Agency and in the field

of transportation until the onset of recent illness. During his entire adult

life, Mark was an avid practitioner of karate and eventually took on

photography as a hobby.

Mark was preceded in death by his mother Catherine Ayers and his sister

Jeanette Ayers Flowers.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his lovely wife Peggy Ayers, four sons

Marc, Nigel, Jamal and Joshua Ayers, his daughter-in-law Nedra Ayers,

his grandson Jashawn Ayers, his unborn granddaughter Zhane' Kyree

Ayers, his three cousin siblings with whom he was raised with, Dr.

Salima Marriott Gibbs (Charles), James Suter and Gloria Siler, Mother-

In-Law Shirley Brown, Father-In-Law Horace Brown, Sister-In-Law

Hortense Paul and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.