Rev. James Paul Ashley, age 77, of Warrensville passed away Monday morning, December 24, 2012 at Villages of Wilkes. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 2:30pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Ashley, Rev. Bob Cundiff and Rev. Fred Houck officiating. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00-2:30pm on Thursday, prior to the funeral service. Rev. Ashley was born in Ashe County on Tuesday, March 26, 1935 to the late Don and Gladys Richardson Ashley. He was a Volvo Specialist. He was ordained a minister by the Church of Christ in Christian Union. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Shyver Ashley on May 8, 1998 and by a brother Donnie Ashley. Rev. Ashley is survived by his wife, Geneva Wilcox Ashley, of Little River, SC; three sons, Rick Ashley and wife, Phyllis, of Jefferson, Jerry Ashley and wife, Sara, of West Jefferson and David Ashley, of Fleetwood; a brother, Ed Ashley, of Pennsylvania; two sisters, Deanna Herr and Donna Sue Ashley, both of Pennsylvania; six grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to the Gideons, PO Box 993, West Jefferson, NC 28694.