Memorial services for Ashleah "Smashly" Richards, 21, of Plainview, formerly of Portales, N.M., will be at 10 a.m. (Central Time) Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at New Life Church in Plainview, Texas.
Funeral services for Ashleah will be at 2 p.m. MDT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ in Portales with Pastor Donald Hay of the Church of God officiating. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery with Josh Richards, Jerrid Richards, Jake Richards, Casey Richards, Caleb Richards, Derek Montoya, Zeke Montoya and Micah Howard as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers for Ashleah will be all family, friends and former schoolmates.
Ashleah was born Sept. 26, 1988, in Portales to Mark Alan and Lorraine Nadine (Montoya) Richards and passed away on Oct. 11, 2009, in Plainview, Texas. She had lived in Portales all her life until recently and attended school in Portales. She was a 2006 graduate of Portales High School. Ashleah loved sports. While in school she excelled in many sports such as basketball, softball, volleyball and attended multiple state championships. She continued to play volleyball after school. She also loved water skiing and arts and crafts, including drawing. She loved to ride horses, but most of all Ashleah was a very loving and caring person, always putting others before herself. Ashleah was a Godchild to her family and was currently a member of New Life Church in Plainview and a former member of the Church of God in Portales.
Ashleah is survived by her parents, Mark Alan and Loraine Nadine Richards of Plainview; her brother, Dakota Richards of Plainview; and her sister, Kasandra Howard and husband Micah of Plainview. Also surviving Ashleah is a niece, Demrie Jo Howard of Plainview. Her grandparents, Sue "Grandma Susie" Cox, Weldon "Grandpa Weldon" Cox, Dave "Pa-Pa-Dave" Richards, Elias Barela and Lucy "Grandma Lucy" Barela and Archie "Grompo Archie" Montoya also survive Ashleah.
Arrangements are with Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview and Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.
Published in Plainview Daily Herald from October 13 to October 14, 2009
A former Wayland Baptist University volleyball player, Ashleah D. Richards, 21, of Portales, N.M., was killed after the 2006 Nissan Xterra she was driving was struck head on by a pickup truck that was going the wrong way about 3:50 a.m. on I-27.
Ashleah lost her life due to someone who decided to drink and drive. We lost a beautiful soul, while heaven gained a beautiful angel. Ashleah, you are missed everyday love. By people who knew and loved you, and people you never even met.
Get to know Ashleah by visiting www.myashleah.org
My Ashleah is a nonprofit cooperation that was founded in 2009 after a 48 year old drunk driver slammed his pickup truck into our daughter Ashleah's vehicle head on tragically claiming her life. The 48 year old man was three times over the legal limit with three prior DUI but no convictions.
On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver in the US every 31 minutes.....
Funeral services for Ashleah will be at 2 p.m. MDT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ in Portales with Pastor Donald Hay of the Church of God officiating. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery with Josh Richards, Jerrid Richards, Jake Richards, Casey Richards, Caleb Richards, Derek Montoya, Zeke Montoya and Micah Howard as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers for Ashleah will be all family, friends and former schoolmates.
Ashleah was born Sept. 26, 1988, in Portales to Mark Alan and Lorraine Nadine (Montoya) Richards and passed away on Oct. 11, 2009, in Plainview, Texas. She had lived in Portales all her life until recently and attended school in Portales. She was a 2006 graduate of Portales High School. Ashleah loved sports. While in school she excelled in many sports such as basketball, softball, volleyball and attended multiple state championships. She continued to play volleyball after school. She also loved water skiing and arts and crafts, including drawing. She loved to ride horses, but most of all Ashleah was a very loving and caring person, always putting others before herself. Ashleah was a Godchild to her family and was currently a member of New Life Church in Plainview and a former member of the Church of God in Portales.
Ashleah is survived by her parents, Mark Alan and Loraine Nadine Richards of Plainview; her brother, Dakota Richards of Plainview; and her sister, Kasandra Howard and husband Micah of Plainview. Also surviving Ashleah is a niece, Demrie Jo Howard of Plainview. Her grandparents, Sue "Grandma Susie" Cox, Weldon "Grandpa Weldon" Cox, Dave "Pa-Pa-Dave" Richards, Elias Barela and Lucy "Grandma Lucy" Barela and Archie "Grompo Archie" Montoya also survive Ashleah.
Arrangements are with Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview and Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.
Published in Plainview Daily Herald from October 13 to October 14, 2009
A former Wayland Baptist University volleyball player, Ashleah D. Richards, 21, of Portales, N.M., was killed after the 2006 Nissan Xterra she was driving was struck head on by a pickup truck that was going the wrong way about 3:50 a.m. on I-27.
Ashleah lost her life due to someone who decided to drink and drive. We lost a beautiful soul, while heaven gained a beautiful angel. Ashleah, you are missed everyday love. By people who knew and loved you, and people you never even met.
Get to know Ashleah by visiting www.myashleah.org
My Ashleah is a nonprofit cooperation that was founded in 2009 after a 48 year old drunk driver slammed his pickup truck into our daughter Ashleah's vehicle head on tragically claiming her life. The 48 year old man was three times over the legal limit with three prior DUI but no convictions.
On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver in the US every 31 minutes.....
Memorial services for Ashleah "Smashly" Richards, 21, of Plainview, formerly of Portales, N.M., will be at 10 a.m. (Central Time) Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at New Life Church in Plainview, Texas.
Funeral services for Ashleah will be at 2 p.m. MDT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ in Portales with Pastor Donald Hay of the Church of God officiating. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery with Josh Richards, Jerrid Richards, Jake Richards, Casey Richards, Caleb Richards, Derek Montoya, Zeke Montoya and Micah Howard as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers for Ashleah will be all family, friends and former schoolmates.
Ashleah was born Sept. 26, 1988, in Portales to Mark Alan and Lorraine Nadine (Montoya) Richards and passed away on Oct. 11, 2009, in Plainview, Texas. She had lived in Portales all her life until recently and attended school in Portales. She was a 2006 graduate of Portales High School. Ashleah loved sports. While in school she excelled in many sports such as basketball, softball, volleyball and attended multiple state championships. She continued to play volleyball after school. She also loved water skiing and arts and crafts, including drawing. She loved to ride horses, but most of all Ashleah was a very loving and caring person, always putting others before herself. Ashleah was a Godchild to her family and was currently a member of New Life Church in Plainview and a former member of the Church of God in Portales.
Ashleah is survived by her parents, Mark Alan and Loraine Nadine Richards of Plainview; her brother, Dakota Richards of Plainview; and her sister, Kasandra Howard and husband Micah of Plainview. Also surviving Ashleah is a niece, Demrie Jo Howard of Plainview. Her grandparents, Sue "Grandma Susie" Cox, Weldon "Grandpa Weldon" Cox, Dave "Pa-Pa-Dave" Richards, Elias Barela and Lucy "Grandma Lucy" Barela and Archie "Grompo Archie" Montoya also survive Ashleah.
Arrangements are with Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview and Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.
Published in Plainview Daily Herald from October 13 to October 14, 2009
A former Wayland Baptist University volleyball player, Ashleah D. Richards, 21, of Portales, N.M., was killed after the 2006 Nissan Xterra she was driving was struck head on by a pickup truck that was going the wrong way about 3:50 a.m. on I-27.
Ashleah lost her life due to someone who decided to drink and drive. We lost a beautiful soul, while heaven gained a beautiful angel. Ashleah, you are missed everyday love. By people who knew and loved you, and people you never even met.
Get to know Ashleah by visiting www.myashleah.org
My Ashleah is a nonprofit cooperation that was founded in 2009 after a 48 year old drunk driver slammed his pickup truck into our daughter Ashleah's vehicle head on tragically claiming her life. The 48 year old man was three times over the legal limit with three prior DUI but no convictions.
On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver in the US every 31 minutes.....
Funeral services for Ashleah will be at 2 p.m. MDT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ in Portales with Pastor Donald Hay of the Church of God officiating. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery with Josh Richards, Jerrid Richards, Jake Richards, Casey Richards, Caleb Richards, Derek Montoya, Zeke Montoya and Micah Howard as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers for Ashleah will be all family, friends and former schoolmates.
Ashleah was born Sept. 26, 1988, in Portales to Mark Alan and Lorraine Nadine (Montoya) Richards and passed away on Oct. 11, 2009, in Plainview, Texas. She had lived in Portales all her life until recently and attended school in Portales. She was a 2006 graduate of Portales High School. Ashleah loved sports. While in school she excelled in many sports such as basketball, softball, volleyball and attended multiple state championships. She continued to play volleyball after school. She also loved water skiing and arts and crafts, including drawing. She loved to ride horses, but most of all Ashleah was a very loving and caring person, always putting others before herself. Ashleah was a Godchild to her family and was currently a member of New Life Church in Plainview and a former member of the Church of God in Portales.
Ashleah is survived by her parents, Mark Alan and Loraine Nadine Richards of Plainview; her brother, Dakota Richards of Plainview; and her sister, Kasandra Howard and husband Micah of Plainview. Also surviving Ashleah is a niece, Demrie Jo Howard of Plainview. Her grandparents, Sue "Grandma Susie" Cox, Weldon "Grandpa Weldon" Cox, Dave "Pa-Pa-Dave" Richards, Elias Barela and Lucy "Grandma Lucy" Barela and Archie "Grompo Archie" Montoya also survive Ashleah.
Arrangements are with Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview and Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.
Published in Plainview Daily Herald from October 13 to October 14, 2009
A former Wayland Baptist University volleyball player, Ashleah D. Richards, 21, of Portales, N.M., was killed after the 2006 Nissan Xterra she was driving was struck head on by a pickup truck that was going the wrong way about 3:50 a.m. on I-27.
Ashleah lost her life due to someone who decided to drink and drive. We lost a beautiful soul, while heaven gained a beautiful angel. Ashleah, you are missed everyday love. By people who knew and loved you, and people you never even met.
Get to know Ashleah by visiting www.myashleah.org
My Ashleah is a nonprofit cooperation that was founded in 2009 after a 48 year old drunk driver slammed his pickup truck into our daughter Ashleah's vehicle head on tragically claiming her life. The 48 year old man was three times over the legal limit with three prior DUI but no convictions.
On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver in the US every 31 minutes.....
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