Obituaries:  Mrs. Edith Hollenshead Ashley, Sabine Parish       A-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 11, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Edith Hollenshead Ashley

  Services for Mrs. Edith Hollendshead Ashley, 77, of Shreveport,
will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, December 11, at the Wellman
Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Paul Cossel will officiate,
assisted by the Rev. Julius Carter. Burial will be at Mt. Lebanon
Cemetery near Homer, La.

  Mrs. Ashley died Tuesday, December 9, 1986, at Schumpert Medical
Center, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Claiborne
Parish, La., and had been a resident of Shreveport for 30 years.
She was Baptist.

  Mrs. Ashley was a longtime educator in North Louisiana, and
taught at Randolph Private School, and owned and operated her own
Edith Ashley Private School, and taught at other private schools
in the Shreveport area, before retiring.

  She is survived by three sons, Horace Ashley of Shreveport,
Carroll Stephen Ashley of Shreveport, and Ron Ashley of Converse;
two daughters, Glenda Colvin of Dubach, and Arden Graff of
Shreveport; 18 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; two
brothers, M. S. Hollenshead of Garland, Tex., and Ralph
Hollenshead of El Paso, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Sommers
of Delhi, La., and Mrs. Inez Ruple of Haynesville, La.

  Pallbearers will be grandsons.

  The family of Edith Hollenshead Ashley wishes to express their
heartfelt thanks, especially to Dr. Christopher McDonald for his
kindness, patience, and expertise in caring for our mother, We
would also like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to
the staff, which cared for our mother during her stay at the
Schumpert, located on the 4th floor, North Tower. We love all of
you and appreciate your kindness and patience.