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Benjamin Ray Ashley Veteran

Birth: 1 Aug 1931
Clendenin, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 24 Oct 2004 (aged 73)
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Emma Chapel Cemetery

Liberty, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 9718521 View Source

Benjamin Ray Ashley, 73, of Cross Lanes, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at his residence after a short illness.

He was a graduate of Clendenin High School, an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, with the rank of airman third class. He was retired from Coastal Tank Lines with 28 years of service, and a member of Teamsters Union Local No. 175.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Eva Ashley; brothers, John P. and Burl Ashley; sisters, Lena Nichols, Clara B. Drake, Wilma Young and Viola Nichols.

Surviving are his sons, Jeffrey R. Ashley of Cross Lanes and Timothy R. Ashley of Columbus, Ohio; daughter, Tonya Cooper of Buffalo, W.Va.; brothers, Harry Ashley of Akron, Ohio, and Earnest Ashley of North Carolina; sisters, Patty Pettit of California and Carolyn Zornes of Arizona; six grandchildren; very special friend, Ramona Bailey.

Benjamin Ray Ashley, 73, of Cross Lanes, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at his residence after a short illness.

He was a graduate of Clendenin High School, an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, with the rank of airman third class. He was retired from Coastal Tank Lines with 28 years of service, and a member of Teamsters Union Local No. 175.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Eva Ashley; brothers, John P. and Burl Ashley; sisters, Lena Nichols, Clara B. Drake, Wilma Young and Viola Nichols.

Surviving are his sons, Jeffrey R. Ashley of Cross Lanes and Timothy R. Ashley of Columbus, Ohio; daughter, Tonya Cooper of Buffalo, W.Va.; brothers, Harry Ashley of Akron, Ohio, and Earnest Ashley of North Carolina; sisters, Patty Pettit of California and Carolyn Zornes of Arizona; six grandchildren; very special friend, Ramona Bailey.

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Swanney Lou Casto Ashley

1937–1997 (m. 1954)

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Maintained by: reggie ashley watson
Originally Created by: Marieda Mae DERRICK Edens
Added: Oct 27, 2004
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9718521/benjamin_ray-ashley: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Ray Ashley (1 Aug 1931–24 Oct 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9718521, citing Emma Chapel Cemetery, Liberty, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by reggie ashley watson (contributor 46976154).

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