Asher Collett Sr.

Asher was born on May 30, 1926 in Roark, Kentucky to Ingram Collett and Sally (Asher) Collett. After Asher graduated from the Redbird Kentucky Mission High School, he joined the U.S. Navy in October, 1944.

An excellent marksman, Asher served as a tail gunner on U.S.N LST 72 (Landing Ship Tank) assigned to combat duties off the coast of Normandy, France, and the south Pacific theaters of World War II.

After Asher’s military discharge in 1946, he worked on his family’s farm. Besides standard farming, the family had logging, sawmill, and blacksmithing businesses.

On September 1, 1948, Asher married the love of his life, Billie Jean (Stewart) Collett.

Asher was a gifted machinist, welder, and fabricator. Asher worked for AR Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio and Advanced Drainage Systems in Hamilton, Ohio before retiring in 1993.

Besides his quick sense of humor and affinity for practical jokes, Asher enjoyed fishing, wood carving, turkey shoots, horse shoe and corn hole toss, and playing cards.

Asher was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.

Asher is survived by his wife of seventy-one years, Billie; daughter Jewel Hensley (Frank); sons Asher Collett Jr. (Jean), Terry Collett (Mary), and Dennis Collett (Pam), brothers Stanley Collett (Leona), Edith Gambrel, and John Collett.

Asher is also survived by twenty-two grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.

Asher was preceded in death by one son, Phillip Collett, four brothers, and three sisters.

A private visitation and funeral will be held at the Rose Hill Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ohio, at the convenience of the family.