Rev. John Thomas Ashcraft

Rev John Thomas “Tom” Ashcraft
BIRTH 5 Nov 1871
Grant County, Arkansas, USA
DEATH 16 Mar 1963 (aged 91)
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
BURIAL
Philadelphia Cemetery
Prattsville, Grant County, Arkansas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 13779703 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 3
Rev John Thomas "Tom" Ashcraft
5 November 1871 – 16 March 1963

Husband of
Ida Charlotte Reynolds
Marriage: 23 December 1897
Grant, Arkansas, United States

Son of
Samuel Abernathy Ashcraft and Nancy Elizabeth Harper

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Children: 1. Robert Dewey Ashcraft, 1898-1969, married Ella Mae Holiman

2. John Lee Ashcraft 1901-1988, married Velma Dean Holiman

3. Thomas Theo Ashcraft,1903-1983. He married Evie Grace Fuller

4. Chester Ashcraft,1905-1906.

5. Elsie Vergie Ashcraft, 1910-2004. Married George R. Berry

6. Otis Cole Ashcraft, 1912-1965, married Della Cleamens Veazey

7. Gladys Ashcraft married John Connally Crim

8. Berniece Elizabeth Ashcraft, married Leon Bradford Sorrells

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Pine Bluff Commercial Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
March 17, 1963

Rev. J. T. Ashcraft
Sheridan -
Rev. J. Tom Ashcraft, Sr. of Sheridan, a Landmark Missionary Baptist minister, died yesterday in a Little Rock rest home.

Mr. Ashcraft had been a minister 53 years, was a member of the First landmark Baptist Church here and had belonged to Sheridan Masonic Lodge 250 for 53 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs Ida Ashcraft of Sheridan; four sons, Dewey Ashcraft of Longview, Texas; Lee Ashcraft of Natchez, Miss.; Theo Ashcraft of Opelousas, Louisiana, and Otis Ashcraft of Little Rock; two daughters, Mrs. George Berry of El Paso, Texas and Mrs. Lena Sorrells of Jacksonville; two brothers, H. H. Ashcraft of Malvern and Maston Ashcraft of Prattsville; two sisters, Mrs. Gusta Morton of Little Rock, and Mrs. Dora Burton of ?, 30 grandchildren and 19 great -grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the First Landmark Baptist Church here by Rev. C. N. Glover and Rev. H. H. Harry.

Burial will be in Philadelphia Cemetery by Buie Funeral Home.

Ministers in the Pine Bluff Landmark Baptist Association will be honorary pallbearers.

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Family Members
Parents
Samuel Ashcraft
Samuel Abernathy Ashcraft
1846–1929

Nancy Ashcraft
Nancy Elizabeth Harper Ashcraft
1852–1936

Spouse
Ida Ashcraft
Ida Charlotte Reynolds Ashcraft
1874–1971 (m. 1897)

Siblings
Mary Brewer
Mary Isabel Ashcraft Brewer
1869–1950

Martha Ashcraft
Martha J. Ashcraft
1874–1904

Frances Huser
Frances Ashcraft Huser
1874–1958

Matilda Ashcraft
Matilda C. Ashcraft
1876–1877

Theodosia Burton
Theodosia Ashcraft Burton
1879–1973

Nora Yeates
Nora E. Ashcraft Yeates
1881–1960

Queen Ashcraft
Queen V. Ashcraft
1883–1885

Rosa Augusta Ashcraft Morton
1886–1974

Henry Ashcraft
Henry Harrison Ashcraft
1889–1972

James Ashcraft
James Maston Ashcraft
1892–1975

Ruel Ashcraft
Ruel Ashcraft
1895–1895

Children
Robert Ashcraft
Robert Dewey Ashcraft
1898–1969

John Ashcraft
John Lee Ashcraft
1901–1988

Theo Ashcraft
Theo T. Ashcraft
1903–1983

Chester Ashcraft
Chester Ashcraft
1905–1906

Elsie Berry
Elsie Virgie Ashcraft Berry
1910–2004

Ottis Ashcraft
Ottis Cole Ashcraft
1912–1965

Gladys Crim
Gladys Ashcraft Crim
1915–1943

Berniece Sorrells
Berniece Elizabeth Ashcraft Sorrells
1917–2011

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