Nora Ruth Ashworth

Nora Ruth Speare Ashworth, 82, of 4016 Dye Road, passed away Saturday October 24, 2009 at Piedmont Medical Center. A native of Saltash, England, Mrs. Ashworth was born May 26, 1927 a daughter of the late William Thomas and Maria Louisa Speare. Mrs. Ashworth was a retired secretary from Smith Enterprises and a member of Heath Memorial United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ellis "Chuck" Ashworth, a son Alan Ashworth; a stepson Donald Ashworth; two brothers Bart and Arthur Ashworth and a sister Ruth McClure. Surviving are two sons Kenny Ashworth and wife Carolyn of Ft. Mill and Glen Ashworth and wife Beverly of Nashville, TN; a daughter Debra Hyland and husband Jim of Edgemoor, a stepson Ronald Ashworth and wife Frances of LaGrange, Ga; a brother Bill Speare of Selby Township, Yorkshire County, England; twelve grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00pm Monday at Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home. A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Ashworth will be held Tuesday at 1:00pm in the chapel of Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home with Reverend Glen Ashworth, Deacon Jim Hyland and Rev. Joanne Lockard-Hawkins officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memorial park on Cherry Road. Pallbearers will be Vernon Wells, Tom Frye, Darrell Huckabee, Shawn Hopkins, James McCammon and Robert Alderfer. Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association National Center, 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 or the American Diabetes Association P.O. Box 11454 Alexandria, VA 22312