William George Ashman This is Me

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1. 1. Re-elect Mayor Dick Murphy

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   Published on: 4/9/2005   Last Visited: 4/9/2005

   William Ashman

2. 2. HAMPTON ROADS - News

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   Published on: 8/6/2001   Last Visited: 5/3/2002

   William G. Ashman
   
   VIRGINIA BEACH -- William George Ashman, 100, of 3100 Shore Drive, died May 1, 2002. He was born in Baltimore, Md., July 25, 1901 and was predeceased by Isabel G. Ashman, his beloved wife of 61 years.
   
   He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach where he served as a member of the Session and as a trustee. He was a member of the Scottish Rite of Maryland and was a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge of Baltimore. He was past president of the Downtown Rotary Club of Norfolk and of the Norfolk Wholesale Association. He was the founder and president of Ashman Distributing Co. of Norfolk from which he retired in the 1960s. Thereafter, he devoted himself tirelessly to community service. For 10 years he was the director of the Norfolk Sample Drug Program. This program, sponsored by the Norfolk Presbytery, supplied medical missionaries overseas with medicines donated by local physicians. Subsequently, he served on the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Virginia Area-wide Model Program. For 20 years, he was the coordinator of SEVAMP's Retired Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP) in Virginia Beach, finally retiring at age 95. In 1994 he was nominated by the mayor of Virginia Beach to receive Cox Cable's Great Citizen of Hampton Roads Award for outstanding community service contributions. He served on the Virginia Beach Mayor's Committee for the Aging and in 1996 received its Award for Exceptional Accomplishments of Service to Senior Citizens. In 1998 RSVP established the annual Will Ashman Lifetime Achievement Award, of which he was the first recipient.