Ashley Gail Keen, age 26, of Alexandria, LA, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, LA. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA where the family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Friday, March 12, 2010. The funeral service will be held at Blanchard St. Denis Chapel on Saturday March 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm with Pastor Stanley Clemons officiating. Interment will follow the services at Sanders Cemetery in Goldonna, LA.
Ashley was a very compassionate and caring person. She truly loved children, and was like a second mom to all of her family and friends children. She was a friend to all she came in contact with. She loved to listen to George Jones, and was a talented cook. She was a phlebotomist, and was employed at Life Share in Alexandria, LA. She was truly a great person, and will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Huey “Hotshot” Adkins, and her paternal grandparents, Voyce and Lucy Keen.
She was the daughter of David Keen and Teresa Adkins Keen of Alexandria, LA.
She is also survived by her brother, Britt Keen and wife Mary of Natchitoches, LA; her maternal grandmother, Frances Adkins of Goldonna, LA; two uncles, Melvin Adkins of Goldonna, LA and Tony Keen of Splendora, TX; two aunts, Judy Keen of Georgetown, LA and Beverly Hefner of Minden, LA; two nephews, Brody Keen and Colton Keen; and numerous cousins and friends
Pallbearers will be Victor Jones, Chad Adkins, Paul Downs, Mitchell Durbin, Ben Moody, Jr., and T. J. Jones.