James Willis Ashley 72, of Little Creek, Liverpool Route 1, died very suddenly at the family home Tuesday evening, January 18, shortly after dark, of heart trouble. He had been working during the day hauling wood. Funeral services were at the Pleasant Grove Church in charge of Rev. E.S. Warren assisted by Rev L.E. Bolte, burial was in the church cemetery, in charge of funeral director T.W. Dye.

The deceased was a son of the late J.T. and Martha Paxton Ashley and was born September 10, 1865. He married Susan M. Stewart on November 3, 1888 who survives with 6 children, Ella, wife of Arley Moore of Pullman,West Virginia, Dewey Ashley of Amma, Herbert Ashley, and Gladys, wife of Ralph Atkinson of Peniel, Reedy, Route 1, Herman and Kenneth Ashley of Liverpool, Route 1. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren and one great grandson; two brothers Joseph and L.F. Ashley of Bear Run, Reedy, one sister Mrs. W.E. Straight of Grace. He was a member of Gilboa Church.

(Submitted by James R. Carpenter)
Reedy News, Jan. 25, 1938