Mary Margaret Dunn Ashmore, age 91, died Monday, May 24, 2010 at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. She was born in Yalobusha County to the late Sumner and Rena Higgenbotham Dunn and was a retired supervisor for Big Yank Corporation in Water Valley, MS. She enjoyed quilt making and was a member of O’Tuckalofa Baptist.
Services are planned for Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS with Bro. Dan Dickerson presiding and special music presented by Daniel Ashmore. Visitation will be Thursday evening, May 27, 2010, from 5 until 7 PM. Committal will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley with Michael Dale Moore, Russell Dale Ashmore, Jr., Ray Ashmore, Brad Hutchinson, Rusty Ashmore, III, and Raymond Ashmore serving as pallbearers.
Mrs. Ashmore was preceded in death by her husband, Estle Ashmore, in 1965. She is survived by a daughter, Lura Dell Moore and her husband M.D., of Bartlett, TN; a son, Russell Dale Ashmore, Sr. and his wife, Lee, of Southaven, MS; a brother, Aubrey Dunn, of Memphis, TN; five grandchildren, Michael Dale Moore, Robin Dawn Hutchinson, Russell Dale Ashmore, Jr., Raymond Edgar Ashmore, and Mary Alice Turpin; twelve great grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilton Dunn and Robert Earl Dunn.