Mary Edith Scism Ashley
June 12, 1920 – Sept. 26, 2006
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Mary Edith Scism Ashley, 86, of 106 Martin St., and
resident of Century Care of Shelby for 18 months, died Tuesday, Sept.
26, 2006, at Hospice of Wendover.
She was born in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Bruce Scism and
Fannie Buff Scism. She was the wife of the late Gerald Dean Ashley. She
was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church and retired from J & C Dyeing
and Cleveland Mills as a winder.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by
four sisters, Iva Meade, Marie Newton, Clara Mae Towery and Helen Scism,
and a brother, Grier Scism.
She is survived by a son, Gerald Dean Ashley Jr. of Lawndale; a
daughter, Christine Ashley Blanton of Lawndale; a sister, Estelle Hoyle
of Shelby; and grandchildren, Phillip Wright of Lawndale and Jill Ann
Cochran of Norfolk, Va.
Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 at
Stamey Funeral Home.
Funeral: Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Lawndale Baptist Church; the body will
be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Officiated by: The Revs. Jim Kilby and Jackie Price
Memorials: Lawndale Baptist Church, P.O. Box 126, Lawndale, NC 28090 or
Hospice and Palliative Care Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights
Drive, Shelby, NC 28150
