Ruthie Jean Ashford, 85, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015, at University Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Funeral Service will be Friday, July 31, 2015, at 11 a.m., from Big Jerusalem M. B. Church, Ackerman, Mississippi. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL. Visitation will be Thursday, July 30, 2015, from 12 noon until 6 p.m., from the Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi. Mrs. Ashford will be placed in the Church on Friday, one hour before service time. Beck Funeral Home of Louisville in charge of local arrangements. Leak and Sons Funeral Home of Chicago, IL., will be in charge of the final arrangements in Chicago, IL.
