Alice Ayers Hutchens

Mrs. Alice Ayers Hutchens of Kernersville, NC, born on November 14, 1926, in Cana, Virginia, is now with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She passed on May 11, 2026, in the ICU Trauma Unit of Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, from a fall in her home.

She was the daughter of C.D. Ayers and Frances Thomas Ayers, and the granddaughter of George W. Thomas and Alice F. Towel, all from Cana, Virginia. She attended school in Hillsville, Virginia. She worked at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Forsyth Medical Center, and Wake Forest Baptist Hospital as a Licensed Practical Nurse.

Alice was a member of Faith and Family Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC, where she was a faithful member and president of her Sunday School class. She was an avid gardener and loved working in her yard and raising beautiful orchids. She was the happiest when she was in church, reading her Bible, or in her flower garden.

In addition to her parents, Alice was preceded in death by her loving husband of 56 years, Blain Silas Hutchens; sisters, Marie Ayers, Josie Martin, and Mae Mayes; brothers, Bobby Ayers, Ray Ayers, Emmit Ayers, and Garnet Ayers.

She is survived by her sons, Larry B. Hutchens of Clemmons, NC, and Pastor Robert Hutchens (Robin) of Kernersville, NC; daughter, Shirley H. Kern (Max) of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren, Hal Kern (London) of Greensboro, Laura Sullivan (Micah) of Asheville, NC, Bethany Mitchell (Michael) of Kernersville, NC, and Hannah Saunders (Zachary) of Kernersville; great-grandchildren, Max Kern IV, Emory Kern, Ayers Kern, Ella Sullivan, Tate Sullivan, and Hope Sullivan, Carter Mitchell, Henry Mitchell, Abigail Mitchell, and Silas Saunders; and her sister, Betty Hollifield.

A funeral service will be held at 12:00 pm, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel, officiated by Pastor Robert Hutchens. The family will receive friends directly after the funeral. A burial will be held at 11:00 am Monday, May 18, 2026, at Crestview Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Missions and Building Fund of Faith and Family Baptist Church, 105 Nathan Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC 27107.

Psalm 116:15: Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

2 Corinthians 5:1-8: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so, be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:57: But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel is respectfully serving the family.