Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Albert Thomas Ash    
                Born: Dec-13-1919          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Jul- 7-1984          in Salem, Columbiana Co, OH  2,3
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Lisbon, Columbiana Co, OH  5
             Resided: 1973                 in Ohio  6
              Census: 1930, 1940           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
            Military: Feb-11-1944 - Dec-28-1945 S1, US Navy, World War II (Pacific)  7,3 (see note 1)
              Father: Asbury F. Ash   (1896 - 1973) 
              Mother: Lula Olive Swiger   (1901 -     ) 
                Wife: Ida Nell Bates     
         Census name: Nell Bates 
             Married: Mar-29-1941          in Harrison Co, WV  8
                Born: Sep-13-1919          in Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  1,9,10
                Died: Jan- 9-1989          in Columbiana Co, OH  9,10
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Columbiana Co, OH  9
              Census: 1920, 1930           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Dorsie R. C. Bates   (1879 - 1943) 
              Mother: Margaret L. A. "Maggie" Craig   (1880 - 1961) 

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) Obituary of father. 
(7) Military Grave Marker. 
(8) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(10) Headstone. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Served aboard the tank landing ship LST-569 at Leyte, Lingayen Gulf,
Zambales-Subic Bay and Mindanao Island.  LST-569 earned four battle stars for
World War II service.







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