Funeral services for Mrs. Priscilla Christine Deal Ashby, age 81, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Ramey officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mrs. Ashby passed away Sunday February 15th at Lincoln Care Center. She was a native of Moore County, TN and the daughter of the late Oscar Andrew and Susie Fanning Deal. Mrs. Ashby was a homemaker and a member of the North Side Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband William C. Ashby of Fayetteville, daughter Jo Ann Purvis and husband John of LaBelle, Florida, two sisters Alline Groce of Fayetteville and Peggy Luna of Alabama, one brother Joe Deal and wife Brenda of Huntsville, AL, grandchildren Deirdre Purvis and husband Doug of LaBelle, FL and Timothy E. Smith and wife Tara of Madisonville, TN, and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sisters Louise Sprouse, Virginia Gutherie and Martha Jean Carter. Visitation with the family will be Thursday from noon until 1PM at Higgins Funeral Home.