Frankie James Ashley was born May 16, 1957 to Willie and Rosa Ashley. He was raised with his family in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended Campbell Park elementary school and 16th Street middle school. He graduated from Northeast High School in 1975. He went to St. Petersburg Jr College before he enlisted in the Air Force in 1978. His first and only duty station was Fairchild AFB in Spokane, Washington. While in the Air Force, he was in the intelligence department. His Air Force career lasted six years. After leaving the Air Force, he returned home to his family in St Petersburg, FL.
Frankie was an excellent craftsman. He often said “he could fix anything but a broken heart!” He worked on numerous construction sites. He helped to build most of St. Pete Beach.
He was a part of the Christian faith. His family church was Holy Ghost Church of God Purchased with his Blood, under the leadership of Bishop Holcy. He was the youth director of the W.P.W.W.
Frankie departed from this early on April 12, 2025. He leaves behind his wife Dalphia Ashley. His children Daron Ashley, Pamela Ashley (Jessica Ashley’s wife, Aaron Ashley (Tameckia Reese wife), Lily Ashley and Frankie Bolden. He is survived by his siblings Issac Bobby Ashley, Peggy Ashley, Terry Thompson, and Allen Ashley (deceased). He also leaves behind a host of grandchild and great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Frankie’s Life including Military Honors by the USAF, will take place on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 2:30pm. Family and Friends are welcome to arrive at the funeral home at 2:00pm for time to mingle. Veterans Funeral Care is located at 830 N Belcher Rd, Clearwater 33765.
Poem from Family
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐬,
𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝’𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞.
𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐒𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐨.
𝐏𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
My condolences to Frankie Ashley kids and family. May the peace of God be with you all..
Our Condolences to your family and Prayers of Strength and Comfort during this difficult time!
Willie & Lillian Thompson
Frankie and I were classmates at Campbell Park Elementary. My condolences to the family.