Obituaries:  Beatrice G. Robinson Ashley, Sabine Parish       A-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 3, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Beatrice G. Robinson Ashley (Photo)

  Mrs. Beatrice ("Be-at") G. Robinson Ashley, beloved wife of W.
R. (Bill) Ashley of Many, died at their home on Georgia Avenue in
Many, on Wednesday, December 13, 1989, at 9:05 p.m., after a
lengthy illness.

  Mrs. Ashley, the former Beatrice Gertrude Robinson, born August
6, 1912, was the youngest child of the late Mr. & Mrs. Dan
Robinson, residents of Many, from January 1907, until their
deaths. She received her high school diploma from Saint John's
Catholic School in Many, and attended Port Arthur College in Port
Arthur, Texas. After their marriage on February 9, 1937, she and
Mr. Ashley lived in Beaumont, Texas for a few years, where they
managed a rooming house, and he worked in the shipyard. They
moved back to Many, where they continued to reside. In later
years, both she and Mr. Ashley were employed at the entrance gate
office at Hodges Gardens, south of Florien.

  Mrs. Ashley was a devout member of Saint John the Baptist
Catholic Church in Many, where she sang in the choir for many
years.

  A Scriptural Rosary, led by Father Kenneth Williams, pastor of
Saint John's Catholic Church, was recited Thursday, December 14,
at 7 p.m., in Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Ashley's
Funeral Mass was Friday, December 15, at 2 p.m., in Saint John
the Baptist Catholic Church in Many, and burial was in Saint
John's Cemetery, adjacent to the church. The Funeral mass was
co-celebrated by the Reverend Monsignor Norman Buvens, a lifelong
family friend, and pastor of Saint Ann's Catholic Church in
Ebarb, and Reverend Kenneth Williams, pastor of Saint John the
Baptist Catholic Church in Many.

  Mrs. Ashley is survived by her devoted husband of 52 years and
ten months, W. R. (Bill) Ashley of Many; two dear sisters, Mrs.
Agnes R. Schroeder, and Mrs. Leattie R. Davis, both of Many; and
a host of loving nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

  Mrs. Ashley was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Perlie R.
Springer, and Mrs. Mary R. Winbery; and six brothers, Will
Robinson, Coda Robinson, Rolla Robinson, Simon Robinson, Roy
Robinson, and Paul Robinson.

  Mrs. Ashley's pallbearers were Rusty Ashley, Floyd Giblin, Marc
Sodeau, C. B. Funderburk, R. J. (Bob) Robinson, Stephen Robinson,
and Gary Steckler.

  All funeral services were under the beautiful direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many.