Tina Marie Ashford Jans, a devoted sister, mother, grandmother and friend to all, passed away peacefully on July 23, 2021, in Dallas, surrounded by her family. She was born September 19, 1958, in Carlsbad, New Mexico to Ted and Bonnie Ashford. She graduated from Midland Lee High School and Texas Tech University in 1980. After college, Tina moved to the Dallas area and remained there for the duration…raising her family, planting firm Texas roots and building her group of lifelong friends.
Tina loved life and was very passionate about her family, her friends, music, and her love of travel! She loved putting together travel itineraries for friends and it was a rare occasion when she didn’t have a new adventure on her calendar that she had planned her self. Among her favorites were numerous jaunts to Ireland, visiting old Irish pubs and almost yearly excursions to New Orleans, taking in lots of jazz and blues. She was greatly looking forward to spending the entire month of August in Colorado, seeking out the cooler weather and entertaining family and friends.
Her parents, Ted and Bonnie Ashford, and her youngest sister, Laura, preceded Tina in death. Surviving Tina are her three children, Ashley Woodruff and her husband Jerrod, Nicolas Jans and Christopher Jans, all of Dallas; her loving grandchildren Kellan and Harper Woodruff; her two sisters Keri Tedford and her husband Ted, and Shannon Kizer and her husband Jay; nieces and nephews Madison and Elizabeth Tedford, Jenner Kizer and his wife Lisa, and Abby Kizer…as well as many friends and extended family who will miss her dearly.
A celebration of life/memorial service will be held on Friday, August 27, 1:00 pm at Christ The King, Dallas, TX. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Brookwood Community Endowment Fund, 1752 Farm to Market Road 1489, Brookshire, TX 77423, or The Texas Rose of Tralee, 6223 Marquita Ave., Dallas, TX 75214, attn. Haley Devlin
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