Terri M. Ashby

Terri M. Ashby, 61, of rural Altamont, Kansas, passed away at 12:53 a.m., Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas.

On November 23, 1957, Terri Margaret Ashby was born to Robert and Violet (Lutz) Ashby in Hartford, Kentucky.  Terri grew up in Hartford and graduated from Ohio County High School in 1975.  She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1979 from Linn Technical College in Linn, Missouri.

Throughout her life, Terri worked in accounting and taxes.  She lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for 12 years.  In 2001, she moved to Altamont and had lived there since.

Terri loved her family and her dog, "Peanut".  Terri was a very active person who enjoyed art, doing crafts, fishing, caring for her chickens, collecting Coca-Cola memorabilia, working at the food pantry, doing word games and had recently learned how to swim.

She married Richard T. Nabours, Sr. in 1975.  The couple later divorced.  Terri married Kenneth Lee Strader and they later divorced.  Gaylan Rankins was Terri's longtime companion and he also preceded her in death.

Survivors include:

Two sons – Alan Nabours of Hartford, Kentucky

Brian Nabours of Beaver Dam, Kentucky

Six grandchildren

Four brothers – Bobby Ashby of Hartford, Kentucky

Timmy Ashby of Hartford, Kentucky

Mark Ashby of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Jeff Ashby of Hartford, Kentucky

Six sisters – Carolyn Sue Blackburn of Osage Beach, Missouri

Angela Lutz of Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Beverly Hardin of Hartford, Kentucky

Julieana Jean Rhea of Bonnots Mill, Missouri

Jennifer Ashby of St. Louis, Missouri

Sally Phillips of Linn, Missouri

Step-Mother – Nancy Ashby of Linn, Missouri

She was preceded in death by her parents; companion, Gaylen Rankins; one son, Richard T. Nabours, Jr.; and one granddaughter, Madisyn Elizabeth Nabours.

Terri will be cremated and services will be at a later date in Hartford, Kentucky. Local arrangements are under the direction of Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home of Altamont, Kansas.