Sterling Haskel "Hack" Ayers (February 10, 1936 – January 8, 2020) was an American auctioneer and politician in the state of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. Ayers served in the

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from 1967 to 1968. A Republican, he represented the 9th district (

Campbell County, Tennessee Campbell County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located on the state's northern border in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 39,272. Its county seat is Jacksboro. Campbell County is included in the Kno ...

and

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). Residing in

LaFollette, Tennessee LaFollette is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 7,456 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2018 of 6,737. It is the principal city of the LaFollette, Tennessee micropolitan statistical area, w ...

, Ayers was an auctioneer, furniture dealer, and real estate broker. He was the founder of Ayers Auction & Real Estate in LaFollette and was a former president of the National Auctioneers Association. He was also a member of the NAA Hall of Fame. Ayers died in 2020 at the age of 83.

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1936 births 2020 deaths Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from LaFollette, Tennessee Businesspeople from Tennessee American auctioneers {{Tennessee-politician-stub