Name: Henry Ashford
Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1936
Gender: Male
Birth County: Milam
Father's Name: Hezzy Ashford
Mother's Name: Mable Drone
Roll Number: 1936_0001
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The Rev. John Henry Ashford, 68, of Big Spring died at 3:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at Brownfield Hospital in Brownfield. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Myers & Smith Chapel with the Rev. Holston Banks of the Shiloh House of Praise officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olive Memorial Park.
He was born Jan. 30, 1936, in Branchfield and married Verna Smith in 1976 in Big Spring. He was an ordained Baptist minister, serving as associate pastor at the New Hope Baptist Church in Big Spring, and had been a truck driver for the city of Big Spring.
He is survived by his wife, Verna Ashford of Big Spring; two sons, O.L. Ashford of San Antonio and Michael Ted Smith of Seattle, Wash.; three daughters, Nancy "Dawn" Ashford, Tris Clemons and Sandra Tuitt, all of Big Spring; four sisters, Margaret Harland, Ruby Hopogood, Mae Ruth Taylor and Daisey Robertson; one brother, the Rev. Dred Thomas; eight grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
The family will be at 1505 E. Cherokee.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home
Big Spring Herald - (Sep/19/2004)
Name: Henry Ashford
Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1936
Gender: Male
Birth County: Milam
Father's Name: Hezzy Ashford
Mother's Name: Mable Drone
Roll Number: 1936_0001
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The Rev. John Henry Ashford, 68, of Big Spring died at 3:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at Brownfield Hospital in Brownfield. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Myers & Smith Chapel with the Rev. Holston Banks of the Shiloh House of Praise officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olive Memorial Park.
He was born Jan. 30, 1936, in Branchfield and married Verna Smith in 1976 in Big Spring. He was an ordained Baptist minister, serving as associate pastor at the New Hope Baptist Church in Big Spring, and had been a truck driver for the city of Big Spring.
He is survived by his wife, Verna Ashford of Big Spring; two sons, O.L. Ashford of San Antonio and Michael Ted Smith of Seattle, Wash.; three daughters, Nancy "Dawn" Ashford, Tris Clemons and Sandra Tuitt, all of Big Spring; four sisters, Margaret Harland, Ruby Hopogood, Mae Ruth Taylor and Daisey Robertson; one brother, the Rev. Dred Thomas; eight grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
The family will be at 1505 E. Cherokee.
Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home
Big Spring Herald - (Sep/19/2004)
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