IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Delores "Sissy"

Delores "Sissy" Ashcraft Profile Photo

Ashcraft

Jul 24, 1962 — Dec 22, 2022

Milam

Obituary

Delores (Sissy) Ashcraft, 60, of Milam passed away peacefully in her home, Thursday, December 22, after a four-year battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. She was born on July 24 th , 1962, in Hemphill, Texas to Mary Odell Chambers & Marlin Jacobs.
Sissy lived in Sabine County her entire life. She enjoyed working outdoors in the sunshine, reading Louie Lamour & John Grisham books, tending her roses & mowing her grass. She loved her family, Conway Twitty & crossword puzzles. She was a strong, beautiful, spirited, hard-working woman with a heart of gold & a hearty laugh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Odell & Tuck, her brother, Ronny Kirk & family, and her sister, Mary Jo Gresham.
Her life will forever be cherished in the hearts of those survived by her: her husband of twenty-five years, Jared Ashcraft, mother-in-law, June Hanks; her son, Michael Foster and wife, Christy, of Fairmount; daughter, Kelly Young and husband, Scot, of Jasper; step-daughter, Kassie Martinez and husband, Orlando, of Pharr, TX; her Grandchildren, Ari, Coco, MiKayla, Caden "Bubba", Micah & McKinley Foster and Zane & Bella Young, Isaiah, Kat, & Ilyana Martinez, and her great-grandson Quentin Spears-Young; Her brothers, Paul Smith of Whitewright, TX, Deubose "JR" Kirk and wife, Debbie, of Douglass, Ron Williams of Onalaska, and Mark Hopson of Lufkin; sisters, Martha Kirk of Pineland, Carolyn Spears and husband, Roger, of Milam and Cheryl Williams and husband, Andy, of Gladewater; an numerous nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Sissy's Life will be held Friday, January 6, 2023 beginning at 12:00 p.m. in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in memory of "Sissy Ashcraft" to The Association for Frontotemperal Degeneration online at https://www.classy.org/give/381228/#!/donation/checkout
Or, by mail  to: AFTD, 2700 Horizon Drive, Suite 120, King of Prussia, PA 19406 (Please make checks payable to "AFTD").
Cremation arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home.
Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.
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Funeral Services

Memorial Service

January
6

Friday

Starr Funeral Home Chapel

510 Starr Street, Hemphill, TX 75948

Starts at 12:00 pm

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