Born in Salem, Marion, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Wesley Brown
and Maggie (Pharis) Brown
Sister of
Verner Haden Brown [half], Jessie Millard Brown [half], Chester Blended Brown [half], William Leslie Brown [half], Wesley Brown and Josephine (Brown) Bollhorst
Wife of
Authur Edward Ashley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Wichta Falls, Wichita, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2017
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Biography
"When you find someone hard to love; their the one that needs love the most."
Anna loved uplifting & positive quotes. She was optimistic, with a warm personality & bubbly spirit. There were few people that didn't instantly like her. She believed you must be a friend to have a friend.
Anna had a country upbringing, living in KY & IL. Mostly IL.
She met & married the love of her life Edward and spent the next 25 years moving around TX. She was a rare mom that grew & learned with her kids & hated for school to start.
She always wanted to be a nurse but seemed satisfied just to nurse her children. She went to Beauty School but never made it an occupation.
She was burdened with MS by the age of 42. Had many years of up's & down's.
She had an overwhelming love of coffee, loved music but was not blessed with musical ways. Had a kind heart with lots of forgiveness.
One of her remarkable achievements was the gorgeous & vivacious person she managed to be in spite of perilous physical handicap.
She died with cancer.
Anna had a second husband Fred Joiner, Married in 1990.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
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~1.56%
Steven Alfrey
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M842330 [compare]
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~0.78%
Stacy (Groff) Groff-Alfrey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T898781 [compare], Ancestry member StacyGroff
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