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Birth:          17 May 1928 San Jose, Cal.
Death:          28 Mar 2015 Aptos, Cal.
Cause of Death: cancer
Burial:         Golden Gate Nat'l Cemetery, San Francisco, Cal.

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Billy Gene Ashley May 17, 1928-Mar. 28, 2015 Aptos, California Billy Gene Ashley age 
86, a longtime resident of Aptos, succumbed to cancer on March 28, 2015. He was 
born on May 17,1928 in San Jose, CA to Vernon and Mabel (Ogden) Ashley. He spent 
his childhood in San Jose and graduated from Santa Clara Union High School in 1946. 
Shortly after high school he attended an open try out for baseball. He spent the next 6 
yrs traveling the country as a professional minor league baseball player. He married 
Bonnie L. Clark on Feb.7,1953. Billy was drafted into the US Army and served during 
the Korean War. He was an avid sports fan, hunter and outdoorsman. He often 
coached Pony & Colt League baseball teams and assisted with Little League teams. 
Billy also volunteered his time as a member of the Sheriff's posse conducting search 
and rescue with his horse Ringo. Locally known as the "Mayor of Townsend Dr" for 
his friendly greetings and his heartfelt concerns for all. Billy was proceeded in death 
by his four year old daughter Vicki Sue; his brothers Leland, and Jack; sister Vernona. 
He is survived by his loving wife Bonnie; daughter Barbara Smith (Bob) of San Jose, 
CA; sons Richard Ashley (Kathy) of Sierra Vista, AZ and Kenneth Ashley (Sandra) of 
Capitola, CA; twin sister Betty Green of Roseburg Ore. and sister Mabel "Sugar" Ervin 
of Half Moon Bay, CA; his grandchildren Vicki, Talia, Gordon, Kelli, Jennifer, 
Kristopher, Jennifer, Charnelle and 11 great grandchildren. Private internment services 
will be held at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco. 
Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA) - Sunday, May 17, 2015 
per Cal Marr Idx on ancestry, dtr Barbara b 1951, so her mother is someone else. 
Cannot find an earlier marriage for him. He travelled the country, so he could be the 
Billy Ashley who md Loretta Howard in 1948 in Booneville, Logan Co., Ark., 

Parents
ASHLEY Vernon ()
OGDEN Mabel ()

Siblings
ASHLEY Billy Gene (17 May 1928 - 28 Mar 2015)

Marriage To CLARK Bonnie Lou (31 Aug 1933 - 11 Jun 2016)
    m. 7 Feb 1953 

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Parents
CLARK Ted Ingalls (8 Apr 1903 - 21 Jul 1957)
FREEMAN Gladys Marie (22 Dec 1907 - Nov 1985)

Children by CLARK Bonnie Lou 31 Aug 1933 - 11 Jun 2016
ASHLEY Vickie Sue (13 Nov 1953 - 1958)
ASHLEY Richard Gene ()
ASHLEY Kenneth Neil ()

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