Wanda C. Ashton

Graveside services for Wanda C. Ashton, 51, of Hudson, will be held Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in the Sims/Rocky Hill Cemetery with Pastor Walter Futch officiating.

Mrs. Ashton was born June 11, 1962 in Tupelo, Mississippi to the late Ellaray (Johnson) Burns and Virgil Augustus Shelley. She died Friday, October 18, 2013 in a Lufkin hospital.

Mrs. Ashton had been employed as a Custodian with the Hudson I.S.D. for the past two years. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Mrs. Ashton loved her children and “grandbabies,” and also enjoyed riding the back roads.

Survivors include her husband, Steve Marsh of Hudson; daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Christopher Ratcliff of Lufkin; sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Jessica Shelley, Joey Anthony, all of Lufkin, Robert and Krystal Anthony, and Randall Copus, all of Hudson; numerous grandchildren; brothers, Lee Shelley, Wayne Shelley, and David Shelley; sisters, Linda Waite, Vicky Harris, and Connie Shelley; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.

Mrs. Ashton was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Henry Ashton; and daughter, Julie Anthony.

Pallbearers will be Jeremy Quine, Milton Anthony, Jr., Milton Anthony, Sr., Robert Anthony, Brian Shelley, and James Cotton.

Honorary pallbearer will be Jessica Shelley.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the funeral home.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors