Funeral service will be at 3pm Sunday February 23, at Crestwood Chapel for Ashley Rachel Murphree, age 22, Gadsden, who died Wednesday February 19, 2014. Rev. Tommy Ferguson will officiate. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery in Piedmont, AL. Crestwood Memorial Funeral Home will direct services.
Ashley was a graduate of Westbrook Christian School. She was very involved in athletics, from softball to volleyball and basketball; she loved them all and was a very competitive athlete. She attended Gadsden State Community College and had earned her Certified Nursing Assistant Certification. She was a member of Goodyear Heights Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her grandfather Harlan Lumsden; great grandmother Mary Warrine McGowan; and cousin Kristina LeAnn Lumsden.
She is survived by her daughter Ollie LaShae Isaac and Ollie's father Lonnie Isaac; parents Michelle (David) Burgess and Gary (Traci) Murphree; brothers and sisters Jeremy (Ashley King) Murphree, Cody Burgess, Hannah Murphree, and Jade Sexton; grandparents Bonnie Lumsden, Cleo Murphree, Charles and Jenny Burgess; uncles Scott (Judy) Lumsden and Bruce (Nancy) Lumsden; aunt Sandy (Ralph) Johnson; and numerous cousins.
Pallbearers are Jeremy Murphree, Cody Burgess, Josh Lumsden, Chase Lumsden, Andrew Lumsden, and Joseph Hutchins.
The family would like to express their special thanks to Dr. Stephen Jones, Gadsden EMTs, and the staff of Gadsden Regional Medical Center.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 1pm until the hour of the service.