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Ash, James Lee   22 Nov 2006    Nov 2006    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  11/22/2006

ASH, JAMES "JIMMIE" LEE
James died at 12:25 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at St. Helena Parish
Hospital in Greensburg. He was 75, a native of Clinton and a resident of
Greensburg. Visitation at Red Bluff Baptist Church, Greensburg, from 
10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, until religious service at 2 p.m., with a
Masonic service at 11 a.m. Service will be conducted by the Rev. Kerry Ash
and assisted by the Rev. Ace McVay. Interment in Red Bluff Cemetery,
Greensburg. Survived by his beloved wife, Peggy Joyce Frazier Ash; sons,
James Brooksie Ash Sr. and wife Carol, Houma, and Alex Joffre Ash and wife
Mauda, Watson; daughter, Tonya Ash Smith and husband Gene, Greensburg;
mother, Pearline A. Monk, Clinton; seven grandchildren, Dr. J. Brooksie Ash
Jr., Austin, Texas, Trevor J. Ash, McComb, Miss., Alex and Gavin McQueen,
both of Zachary, and Gisselle, Ivana and Joffre Ash, all of Watson; nephew,
Gavin Juan Cuccia, Baton Rouge; a great-granddaughter, Carson Wilcox,
Zachary, and Carson's mother, Jennifer Wilcox; two brothers, Robert Ash and
his wife, Ruth, Denham Springs, and Mike Ash, Memphis, Tenn.; sister,
Francis Durham, Clinton; and three aunts, Allie Dillon, Kentwood, and Vi
Anderson and Ruby Ricks, both of Baton Rouge. Preceded in death by his
father, C.J. Ash; and grandson, J. Ruston "Pic" McQueen. Pallbearers will
be Alex Ash, Dale Tynes, Daniel Goldsby, Trevor Ash, Kurt Ash and John
Durham. Honorary pallbearers are Victor Bird, Roy Harrison and Horace
"Buster" Lee. Jimmy was a past Master of St. Albans Lodge 28, F&AM,
Jackson, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the York Rite Knight Templer.
He was a Shriner and member of the Ka-Jon Grotto. He was a member of The
International Lodges, named St. Albans, which meets annually. In 1981, as
Master of Jackson Lodge 28, he hosted the international gathering in
Jackson. Jimmy retired with 26 years of service from Transcontinental Gas
Pipeline as a superintendent and was a board member for District 2 of St.
Helena Water Works for 16 years. He was Justice of the Peace in District 1
in St. Helena Parish for 26 years and a councilman for the town of Jackson
from 1953-56. In 1960, he was president of the Heart Drive in Houma, where
the most money was ever raised. He was also a member of Red Bluff Baptist
Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American
Heart Association or Masonic Children's Home, Monroe. Arrangements by
McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood. For more information, visit
http://www.mckneelys.com. 

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