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Sylvia Finley Ashman

Sylvia Finley Ashman, 79, homemaker, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Born August 18, 1935, she was predeceased by her parents, Mary Luttrell Finley and James Albert Finley, and by her son, James Finley Ashman. Sylvia is survived by her husband of 51 years, Richard T. Ashman, daughters, Jekka Ashman Pinckney (Pete) and Rachael Ashman McKee (Mac), grandsons, Finley and Dempsey McKee, and brother, Jack Finley (Kay). Sylvia graduated from Marion (Arkansas) High School and Christian College in Columbia, Missouri. Her funeral with Requiem Eucharist will be Friday, July 24, at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church (Heber Springs), of which she was a member for 35 years, with reception to follow in the Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to St. Francis Episcopal Church or Margie's Haven House. Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home. www.olmstead.cc.

Published July 23, 2015

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