NAME: RUBY NADINE (ELLIS) ASHLEY, AGE 46, OF LATTA FORMER LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 15, 1955 AT TUPELO, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN HENRY AND PATSY (REED) ELLIS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2001 AT HER HOME IN LATTA, OK. AGE: 46 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUPELO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1973 AND ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK. MARRIED: JOHN ASHLEY ON JANUARY 21, 1978 AT COLE CAMP, KS. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED MANY YEARS IN CHILD CARE IN THE ADA AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE TUPELO BAPTIST CHURCH AND IN RECENT YEARS SHE HAD AFFILIATED WITH THE COVENANT CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LATTA. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOHN OF THE HOME IN LATTA, OK. CHILDREN: GRAHAM ASHLEY OF THE HOME IN LATTA, OK. CARRIE SOUTER AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF TULSA, OK. GRANDSON: LOMIS SOUTER OF TULSA, OK. FATHER: JOHN HENRY ELLIS AND WIFE LETRELLE OF TUPELO, OK. MOTHER: PATSY HORTON OF ADA, OK BROTHERS: CLIFTON ELLIS AND WIFE LINDA OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. BUB ELLIS OF MARSHALL, TX. RICK ELLIS OF TUPELO, OK. SISTER: DEBRA COLUMBINE AND HUSBAND BOB OF INDEPENDANCE, MO. STEP SISTERS: ROMANA BUNCH AND HUSBAND TERRY OF KONAWA, OK. LADAWN RAGSDALE AND HUSBAND DOUG OF LINDALE, TX.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COVENANT CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ LATTA, OK. INTERMENT: PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. KEVIN WARD. ASSISTING: REV. NORLAND SCRUDDER. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) JOHN C. ELLIS LL, JEREMY ELLIS, JAMIE ELLIS, RICKY ELLIS, PAUL ELLIS, DOMETRIUS ROBERTS. HONORARY CASKETBEARER: MELVIN BURRIS. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE TUPELO, OKLAHOMA