Edith Black

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Mrs. Edith Marie Wilson Ashcraft Black, 87, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 15, 2009 in the Life Care Center.

She was born on June 16, 1921 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Joe and Libby Christian Wilson.

Mrs. Black was a retired sales clerk having worked at several different stores in town, including the Big Store Clothing, The Shoe Store, Pelfrey's and she managed the Beverly Shop for several years. Edith did alterations for Imperial Cleaners and Stephen's and she also worked at Cowden's Manufacturing, Model Laundry & Dry Cleaners and for Barb & Larry Brown. She was also a homemaker and enjoyed doing many different crafts, sewing, quilting and reading the Bible.

Edith was an active member of the First Free Will Baptist Church, where she taught the Primary Class for over 40 years and she was President of the Women's Auxiliary for many terms. She and her family sang together in church and in many of the churches in the community. She held several offices in the Free Will Bluegrass Conference and was active in getting the Bluegrass Women's Auxiliary Conference formed. She was a board member of the Child Evangelism Organization and the Child Evangelism Camp at Blue Stone. Edith loved the Lord, her church and her family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, William (Art) Ashcraft in 1952 and Paul Black in 1987, two daughters, Paula Marie Black, who was stillborn and Betty Ashcraft Karrick in 2006, two brothers, Edward Wilson and Elmer Wilson and one sister, Edna White. Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Ashcraft of Morehead, one grandson, Nathan Karrick and his wife, Stephanie of Fleming County, one great-granddaughter, Brooke Nicole Karrick, her son-in-law, Brooks Karrick of Fleming County, four step-children, Jack Black and his wife, Norma of Toronto, Ohio, Sonny Conn and his wife, Clara of Morehead, Tony Conn and his wife, Sandy of Independence, Missouri and Peggy Nawlin of Houston, Texas, three sisters, Esther Phillips and her husband, Luther of Centerville, Ohio, Margaret Cline and her husband, Raymond of Mansfield, Ohio and Corinne Wilson of Dayton, Ohio and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, January 18, 2009 in the chapel of the Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home with Rev. David Starcher, Brother Brad Bennington and Rev. Rick Stone officiating. Burial will follow in the Jones Cemetery at Midland. Visitation is after 4:00 P.M. Saturday.

Pallbearers will be Nathan Karrick, Jerry Wilson, John Paul White, Mitch Cline, Mike Cline, Dwain Wilson and Sanford Bentley and honorary pallbearers will be The Women's Auxiliary, Bob Christian, Rick Stone, Mike North, Greg McMahan and Jimmy Crosthwaite.

Contributions are suggested to the Morehead First Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund.