Date of birth: 29 Mar 1924
Date of death: 23 Jul 1992

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 053A-06
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY - 29th Infantry Division
Years Served: 1943-1946
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II - Normandy Invasion on D-Day
Military Notes:
Obituary states: He served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946 in the 29th Infantry Division and was in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day.

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Notes

Birth: 29 Mar 1924 - Lexington, Holmes Co., MS
Death: 23 Jul 1992 - Jackson, Hinds Co., MS

Burial: 25 Jul 1992

Obituary
Gordon Swinney Ashley, Jr.
Funeral services for Gordon Swinney Ashley, Jr., 68, of Lexington, a retired Federal bank examiner, were held Saturday, July 25 at 10 a.m. from Southern Funeral Home in Lexington. Rev. Hank Storey was the officiating minister assisted by Rev. Tom Hollowell. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mr. Ashley died Thursday, July 23, 1992 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson of pulmonary disease.

A native of Lexington, Mr. Ashley was a graduate of Lexington High School and attended Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia from 1941-1943. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946 in the 29th Infantry Division and was in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. After military duty, he graduated from the University of Mississippi. He served as a Federal Bank Examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington, D.C. for 30 years, retiring from the Baton Rouge, LA FDIC Field Office in 1979. Formerly, he was the examiner-in-charge of the Greenwood, Meridian, and Jackson, MS FDIC Field Offices.

Having an active interest in the hobby of genealogy and local Holmes County history, he contributed many articles and local history items to the Greenwood and Kosciusko, MS libraries.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Ashley Murtagh of Moorhead; a niece, Pamela Walker, a great nephew, J.T. Walker and a great-niece. Ashley Walker, all of Swiftown.

Pallbearers were John W. O’KelIy, Charles Ellison, Mike Lammons, George Bobo, Jeffie Alford and Bill Murtagh.

Honorary pallbearers were Bill McLellan, Bank Sheppard, Fred Ray, Dr. John G. Downer, Cruill Chambless, Gene Heidelberg, and T.E. Murtagh. Memorials may be made to French Camp Academy.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 2
Lexington, MS
July 30, 1992

Family Relations of Gordon Swinney Ashley, Jr.

Parents:
Gordon Swinney Ashley, Sr.
Louise Carter Ashley

Military Notes
Obituary states: He served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946 in the 29th Infantry Division and was in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day.

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