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Submitted: 10/14/11 • Approved: 1/31/20 • Last Updated: 2/3/20 • R600600-G600600-S3
25 Dec 1894 - May 1972
Marriage:
Katherine "Kate" S (Hern) Ashley wife of John Carter Ashley. Katherine "Kate" S (Hern) Ashley born in Evening Shade, Sharp County, Arkansas. She died in Sharp County, Arkansas.
*This obituary is used here as well due to it having family relationships.
The Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, June 25, 1943:
John C. Ashley Dies in St Louis Thursday
John C. Ashley, 58, former circuit judge, prosecuting attorney and state senator and president of the Bank of Melbourne, died at the Barnes Hospital in St Louis, Mo., early Thursday morning. About two years ago he suffered a sudden break in health since which time he spent many weeks in various hospitals.
He was born December 31, 1884 on a farm near Violet Hill. After attending Melbourne High School in 1905-06, he entered the University of Arkansas and received a B. A. degree in 1911. He was one of the top ranking students. After teaching in the rural schools of Sharp, Independence and Izard counties, he was principal of the Evening Shade High School two terms and then attended Cumberland University Law School at Lebanon, Tenn. After being admitted to the bar he opened offices at Melbourne.
Mr. Ashley was elected state senator from Twenty-third district in 1913 and served until 1917. He then was elected prosecuting attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit and served three terms. He was circuit judge in 1922, serving two terms. He made an unsuccessful race for Congress in 1930 and entered the governor's race in 1936, but withdrew before the election. He served as a member of the State Forestry Commission under the administration of former Governor Carl E. Bailey.
Mr. Ashley owned considerable farm acreage in this county. He served for many years as a member of the Melbourne school board.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Miss Catherine Ashley of Melbourne; a son, Capt. John C. Ashley, Jr., with the army in North Africa; a brother, William Ashley of Tuckerman; and three sisters, Mrs. J. B. Smith of Violet Hill, Mrs. Edith Jacobs of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Cora Johnson of Tuckerman.
Funeral services will be held at Violet Hill Sunday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Horace M. Lewis, pastor of the Methodist Church of Batesville and Rev. R. E. Lee, pastor of the Methodist Church at Melbourne, in charge.
Interment will be in Violet Hill Cemetery.
Obituary located in The Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas published 25 Jun 1943.
Contributed on 10/14/11 by maxparnell
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