Rebecca Ashley

Rebecca Faye Ashley, 73, of Somerset, Kentucky received deliverance from all pain and suffering Friday morning, October 3, 2025 at the Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center as God called her to her Heavenly Home.

She was born on June 23, 1952 in Bedford, Indiana to Rev. William Elmore Ray and Hazel Arlene Cox. As the daughter of a minister, her preschool years were spent on Oolitic, Indiana and Gravel Switch, Kentucky. From the age of 6, she lived near Stanford, Kentucky where she attended Highland Elementary and Waynesburg Memorial High School. She attended Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky for 2 years before marrying Rev. Gerald Ashley on June 3, 1972.

She loved working to help the less fortunate. Her work experience included Oakwood in Somerset, KYl Outreach worker for Seniors in Shelby County, OH; and Executive Director of the Pulaski Emergency Relief Ministry in Somerset, KY before her health convinced her to retire in 2014.

She was an invaluable partner in her husband's ministry, battling through the pains of arthritis and other physical challenges to serve faithfully wherever she was needed.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Stephanie & (Alex) Martinez of Somerset, KY; her son, Jonathan & (Tami) Ashley of Sylvania, OH; a granddaughter, Madysen Ashley; a grandson, Cameron Ashley; a sister, Nancy Keeling of Louisville, KY; a brother, Jeffrey Columbia of Cold Springs, KY; a special cousin, Steve Ray of Atlanta, GA; and several nieces, nephews, and a host of friends who will miss her and will look forward to that Great Reunion in Heaven.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home with Bro. David Muse officiating.

The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 PM on Saturday, October 11, 2025 and from 12:00-2:00 PM on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home.

Burial will take place in Flat Lick Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Pulaski Emergency Relief Ministry, Hospice of Lake Cumberland, or Flat Lick Baptist Cemetery.

Morris & Hislope Funeral Home is honored to assist the family with arrangements.