Alton Grady Ashley, Jr., 71 of Auburn, Alabama (formally Gadsden) passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. Following a private graveside service, burial was at Crestwood Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dianne Jones Ashley; daughters, Elisabeth Ashley (Taylor) Roberts, Hartselle, Paulette Ashley (Danny) Crawford, Auburn; grandchildren, Grady and Collette Royer, Hartselle, Adeline Crawford, Auburn.

In Lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the research of Spinal Muscular Atrophy through the Muscular Dystrophy Association.