Vic Ashmead passed away
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Vic Ashmead passed away
Got word from my in-laws that Vic passed away in Amarillo this past Wednesday. I always enjoyed listening to him play.
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Vic Ashmead Passed Away (Update to Ken's post)
This is a little update to Ken Higgins post.
Vic Ashmead passed away Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at his home in Amarillo, Tx.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the North Amarillo Church of Christ. Burial will be in Groom Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Amarillo, Tx.
Mr. Ashmead can be viewed 8am to 8pm today,Friday, and 9am-12pm, Saturday.
Vic spent 29 years in the Amarillo scool system as a teacher and principal, retiring in 1988.
He was a musician beginning at the age of 13 and played with many area bands, never to retire.
Mr. Ashmead was inducted into the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame on July 21,2001. He was also inducted into the Western Swing Society of Seattle Hall of Fame in August 2002.
I was lucky enough to have heard him play several times. He was probably the best parts player I have ever heard.
Please keep Vic's family in your prayers during this time of family loss
Vic Ashmead passed away Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at his home in Amarillo, Tx.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the North Amarillo Church of Christ. Burial will be in Groom Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Amarillo, Tx.
Mr. Ashmead can be viewed 8am to 8pm today,Friday, and 9am-12pm, Saturday.
Vic spent 29 years in the Amarillo scool system as a teacher and principal, retiring in 1988.
He was a musician beginning at the age of 13 and played with many area bands, never to retire.
Mr. Ashmead was inducted into the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame on July 21,2001. He was also inducted into the Western Swing Society of Seattle Hall of Fame in August 2002.
I was lucky enough to have heard him play several times. He was probably the best parts player I have ever heard.
Please keep Vic's family in your prayers during this time of family loss
Keep pickin', Larry
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Mr. Ashmead
I came to know Vic through his daughter, Vicki. Great people and a good man. I'm glad that I came to know Mr. Ashmead, but wish that I had the chance to see him again. My condolences to the family.
Mike Brown
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Sad and shocked are my emotions. Vic was a good friend and I always enjoyed seeing him at steel shows and hearing his stories of the road.
My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?
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