Ashford

Funeral service for Edna Mai Burton Ashford, age 78, of Smithville was held October 22, 2017 at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bro. Leonard Herman and Bro. David Lawson officiated with burial following in the Hale Cemetery.

Edna was a self-employed upholster and member of the Old Fashion Freewill Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Marshall and Etta Frances Barrett Burton; husband, James Edward Ashford; daughter and her husband, Tina Marie and Jerry Cantrell; sons, James David Ashford, Timothy Edward Ashford, and Jerry Allen Ashford; grandson, Gary Wayne Cantrell; son-in-law, Jimmy Mullican; sisters, Ava Paulette Burton, Frances Elizabeth Burton, Helen Faye Bowen, and Janice Renee McClanahan; father and mother-in-law, John and Maggie Ashford; brothers-in-law, Frank Bowen, Eugene McClanahan, and Owen Ashford.

Survivors include daughters, Wanda Gail Mullican, Barbara and Steve Green, and Rhonda Cantrell; grandchildren, Lisa and Chris Barrett, Paul and Kaylee Mullican, Amanda and Anthony Hasemann, Hannah and Nathan Armour, and Felisha and Henry Cantrell; step-grandchildren, Rennie Young and John Mason; great grandchildren, Adrian Barrett, Austin Cantrell, Dakoda Cantrell, Aveya Cantrell, Kyler Turner, Braylee Turner, Auna Starnes, Klara Armour, and Khloee Armour; and special sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.

Pallbearers included Dwayne Bowen, Jeff Ashford, Austin Cantrell, Dakoda Cantrell, Paul Mullican, Adrian Barrett, Chris Barrett, Anthony Hasemann, Nathan Armour, Jimmy Martin and Mike Bowen.

Love Cantrell Funeral Home, Smithville, TN, was in charge of the arrangements.

Smithville Review

(Smithville, Tenn.)

Oct. 25, 2017