Rebecca Jane Olivia Ashley Mercer

Published 12:02 am Saturday, June 18, 2011

FERRIDAY — Services for Rebecca Jane Olivia Ashley Mercer, 91, of Ferriday, who died Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Monroe, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Comer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Ratcliff officiating.

Burial will follow at Park Cemetery in Sicily Island under the direction of Comer Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Mercer was born April 20, 1920, in Adams County, the daughter of Nathan Ashley and Janie A. Gober.

She grew up near Kingston in Adams County and attended school at Kingston school house.

Mrs. Mercer was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Mercer; her parents; one sister, Annie Laura Evans; and five brothers, Willis M. Ashley, George M. Ashley, Prim B. Ashley, Talmadge P. Ashley and Nathan Ashley.

Online condolences may be sent to www.comerfh.com.