submitted by: Clayton "Buddy" Moses
 

Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama
Ash Cemetery
surveyed 1999

JOHN & MARGARET M. ASH CEMETERY MARKERS

LOCATED IN BACK OF OLD ALA. POWER CO. OFFICE IN
ASHVILLE, ALABAMA

MARKER BY THE GRAVE STONE COVERS:

THESE COVERS ORIGINALLY MARKED THE GRAVES IN
LIBERTY CEMETERY AT ODENVILLE, ALA. ARE LOCATED
HERE TO HONOR JOHN ASH FOR WHOM ASHVILLE WAS
NAMED.

1st stone---------------------------------------------------------

JOHN ASH
WAS BORN NOV 30, 1783
DIED APRIL 1ST, 1872
AGED 88 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 1 DAY

WILST IN THIS TOMB OUR FATHER LIES HIS SPIRIT
RESTS ABOVE IN REALMS OF BLISS IT NEVER DIES
BUT KNOWS A SAVIOR'S LOVE BEHOLD GOD'S MY
SALVATION: I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID

2nd stone-------------------------------------------------------

SACRED IN THE MEMORY OF
MARGARET M. ASH
COUSOURT OF JOHN ASH

MARCH 15, 1795
JAN 21, 1855

AGED 59 YRS 8 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS

THOU KNOWEST NO PAIN OR SORROW NOW,
THE JOYS OF HEAVEN ILLUME THY BROW;
----BREAK IN STONE-----------------
HAPPY AND BLESSED ARE THE DEAD.

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FLAT STONE MARKERS SET FLUSH IN THE
GROUND. CRACK IN STONE FROM MARGARET'S
GRAVE REPAIRED WITH SILICONE CAULKING
COMPOUND.  --WHY REMOVING THESE ORIGINAL
MARKERS FROM LIBERTY CEMETERY AND
RELOCATING THEM IN DOWNTOWN ASHVILLE
IS A HONOR TO JOHN & MARGARET, IS A
MYSTERY TO ME.  THERE ARE NO REMAINS
BENEATH THEM --AND PEOPLE VISITING
LIBERTY CEMETERY WILL NOT SEE
THESES ORIGINAL MARKERS.