Marion, AR--BESSIE AARON, 92, of Whitewater, Mo., formerly of Marion, Ark., homemaker, died of heart disease Friday in Jackson, Mo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Marion. She leaves two daughters, Lewanda Burden of Whitewater and Merle Stimpson of Grassy, Mo.; a son, Charles Aaron of Marion, 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - January 26, 1997.


MARION, ARK. - RAYMOND LEO ASHLEY, 90, died Nov. 4, 2001, at his home.
Born April 23, 1911, in Houlka, Miss., son of the late Oscar D. and Eola R. Ashley, he was a retired farmer.
Survivors include: one daughter, Barbara Ross of Sikeston, MO; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Gene Raymond Ashley; four brothers, Reno Ashley, Irvin Ashley, Virgil Ashley and J. B. Ashley; and three sisters, Lorena Cole, Ethel Jacks and May Davis.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, Mo.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Sikeston Garden of Memories Cemetery with Johnny Hester, minister of the Shady Acres Church of Christ, officiating.
--Monday, November 5, 2001, Sikeston Standard Democrat