I saw her 7 days before I read her obituary. We were at a meeting for new teachers, she was snotting into a tissue and said she had been fighting the flu for a week. I remember Ashley being a dear friend when I had a bad wreck in 1987. We had been friends before, but this brought us back to one another because of a common friend also involved. I will always treasure my memories of the times we spent together. She was a wonderful human being, and the world was cheated by her short life span.
The tragedy of her loss was Stephanie Badgett all over again to me.
Ashley was my friend from 7th grade at Kiser on up to 12th... I remember she beat up another 7th grader on my behalf and I always was in her debt for defending my honor. She was so tough, funny, and I always felt safe when she was around. I believ her career after H.S. consisted of helping developmentally disabled children. She really took care of everyone.
It is very strange to me that Stephanie and Ashley both suffered similar fates. I am, once again, saddened as I write this remembering how wonderful she was.
Words cannot express the sadness I feel when I think of the loss of Ashley, such a bright and vibrant human being. She and I shared some crazy adventures more after HS then in HS, and well let's just say they will go in one of the chapters of my book!! The boook that I will probably never get around to writing, but the one that Wendy Gutman is always telling me I should write due to all of the crazy stuff that has happened to me in life...never a dull moment, and Ashley was definitely a chapter. Besides the fact that she in I shared Birthdays, I think that we were somewhat kindred spirits. I remember hearing that she was in the hospital, I had just graduated from nursing school and went straight from work, in uniform, to Cone, and people kept acting strangely when I was asking to see her...when I finally learned the truth the sadness ran deep. It brought me back to when Stephanie Badgett died all over again. Such a great loss of such great potential. Something I will never understand, I just hope she knows how much she was loved, and how much brightness she brought to me and to everyone who knew her. RIP in my friend!
Toni Owens (Roland)
I saw her 7 days before I read her obituary. We were at a meeting for new teachers, she was snotting into a tissue and said she had been fighting the flu for a week. I remember Ashley being a dear friend when I had a bad wreck in 1987. We had been friends before, but this brought us back to one another because of a common friend also involved. I will always treasure my memories of the times we spent together. She was a wonderful human being, and the world was cheated by her short life span.The tragedy of her loss was Stephanie Badgett all over again to me.
Regan Forman
Ashley was my friend from 7th grade at Kiser on up to 12th... I remember she beat up another 7th grader on my behalf and I always was in her debt for defending my honor. She was so tough, funny, and I always felt safe when she was around. I believ her career after H.S. consisted of helping developmentally disabled children. She really took care of everyone.It is very strange to me that Stephanie and Ashley both suffered similar fates. I am, once again, saddened as I write this remembering how wonderful she was.
Jane Yoffe
Words cannot express the sadness I feel when I think of the loss of Ashley, such a bright and vibrant human being. She and I shared some crazy adventures more after HS then in HS, and well let's just say they will go in one of the chapters of my book!! The boook that I will probably never get around to writing, but the one that Wendy Gutman is always telling me I should write due to all of the crazy stuff that has happened to me in life...never a dull moment, and Ashley was definitely a chapter. Besides the fact that she in I shared Birthdays, I think that we were somewhat kindred spirits. I remember hearing that she was in the hospital, I had just graduated from nursing school and went straight from work, in uniform, to Cone, and people kept acting strangely when I was asking to see her...when I finally learned the truth the sadness ran deep. It brought me back to when Stephanie Badgett died all over again. Such a great loss of such great potential. Something I will never understand, I just hope she knows how much she was loved, and how much brightness she brought to me and to everyone who knew her. RIP in my friend!