Funeral services for Ashley Nicole Elee 29 of Benton, KY will be at 2:00 pm, Saturday, January 26, 2013 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Rev. Nancy Owens will officiate. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Ashley was born on November 8, 1983 in Monroe, LA. She attended Ouachita Jr. High and West Monroe High. Ashley was interested in acting and animal rescue. She was a movie extra in the Walt Disney Picture, Glory Road, and worked as a cashier and waitress occasionally. Ashley's main dedication was to animal welfare. She loved her baby Chihuahua Bindi. Ashley was preceded in death by her grandmother Cloteal Jones DeLand. Ashley is survived by her mother and step-father, Mary Elizabeth DeLand Martin and Archie Martin; father, Joseph Eugene Elee and her grandfather, Charles Lamar DeLand; uncles, Charles Walter DeLand and Phillip Howell DeLand; aunts, Deborah DeLand Kirkland, Cynthia Bell DeLand and Barbara Self DeLand; half sisters, Angel Philen and Samantha Brewer. Pallbearers will be Benjamin Lee DeLand, Keith Patrick DeLand, Charles Phillip DeLand, Richard Stout, Jr., Dusty Breaux, Pete Caston, Eugene Martin, Jr., Larry Holzer, Jr., and Christopher Allen Kirkland. Visitation will be held Friday, January 25, 2013 from 5:00pm until 8:00 pm at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.