She was born in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Bruce Scism and Fannie Buff Scism. She was the wife of the late Gerald Dean Ashley. She was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church and retired from J & C Dyeing and Cleveland Mills as a winder.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Iva Meade, Marie Newton, Clara Mae Towery and Helen Scism, and a brother, Grier Scism.
She is survived by a son, Gerald Dean Ashley Jr. of Lawndale; a daughter, Christine Ashley Blanton of Lawndale; a sister, Estelle Hoyle of Shelby; and grandchildren, Phillip Wright of Lawndale and Jill Ann Cochran of Norfolk, Va.
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
She was born in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Bruce Scism and Fannie Buff Scism. She was the wife of the late Gerald Dean Ashley. She was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church and retired from J & C Dyeing and Cleveland Mills as a winder.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Iva Meade, Marie Newton, Clara Mae Towery and Helen Scism, and a brother, Grier Scism.
She is survived by a son, Gerald Dean Ashley Jr. of Lawndale; a daughter, Christine Ashley Blanton of Lawndale; a sister, Estelle Hoyle of Shelby; and grandchildren, Phillip Wright of Lawndale and Jill Ann Cochran of Norfolk, Va.
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
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