PITTSVILLE - Frances Joanna Ayres died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at her residence. Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the late Elisha Ayres and Wilsie Purnell Ayres Satchell. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Berlin and also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Duncan Showell Post No. 231. She was employed by the Sahara Motel in Ocean City. She is survived by a daughter, Ivanne Purnell, of Salisbury; one brother, Issac Ayres, of Frankford; two sisters, Margie Wilson, of Berlin and Audrey Stanley, of Salisbury; one grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are in the care of Lewis N. Watson Funeral Home in Salisbury. A funeral service was held Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Berlin. Interment followed at St. Paul's Cemetery in Berlin.