THOMSON, Ga.- Mr. Paul Ashley, 83, beloved husband of Mrs. Thelma Ashley, of Dixie Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, in the McDuffie Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were Friday, Jan. 16, in the Thomson First Baptist Church with Dr. James C. Elder Jr. officiating. Burial was in Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Ashley was a native of Anderson, S.C. but had lived in Thomson for many years. He was a retired Department Manager at Kingsley Mill. He was a Navy Veteran of W.W. II. He was a member of Thomson First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Ashley, Thomson; a daughter, Carolyn White, Savannah; a son, Jeff Ashley, Lincolnton; five grandchildren, Keith Ashley, Lacey Strait, Shawn Ashley, Ashley White, and Bob White, III; eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Juanita Arflin, Anderson, S.C. and a brother, Wade Ashley, Anderson, S.C.
Pallbearers were Logan Marshall, William Swan, Ralph Starling, Barry Strait, and Bob White III.
Curtis Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.