(The following obituary is taken from the Parker Mortuary website.)
Cyrus Edward (Ed) Ash, age 87 of Joplin, passed away on May 22, 2011 from injuries sustained in a tornado.
Born September 21, 1923 in Monett, Mo., he was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He worked in the receiving department of Lozier, from the first day the company located in Joplin and remained over 20 years, before retiring. He was an avid Joplin Flea Market dealer, and remained active there until the age of 83. He was a member of College Heights Christian Church. He was an expert billiards player and went fishing at Shoal Creek every evening to “unwind”.
On December 28, 1941, he married Emma Landreth in Joplin. She survives.
Additional survivors include two daughters, Brenda Nichols and husband Danny of Carl Junction, Shirley Elliott and husband Norman of New Hampshire; four grandchildren, Chad, Matt, Lisa and J.W.; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Maxine Latimer and Evelyn Leedy, both of Wichita, Kan.
Ed was preceded in death by two daughters, Helen Judith Ash in 1973, and Patricia Sue Miller in 2010; and three brothers, all of Kansas.
Graveside services will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Ozark Memorial Park with Jay St. Clair, minister officiating. Pallbearers will be Matt and J.W. Miller, Chad Nichols, Jimmy Fontillo and Jimmy Cox. Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.
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