Lloyd “Honey” Ashmore, served as a Carroll County Beat 2 supervisor for 35 years and served as the board president. Ashmore had a great love for his family, friends and the people of Carroll County.
Ashmore, 77, died Saturday, December 12, 2020 at his home in Teoc. His graveside services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Evergreen Cemetery.
Retired longtime Chancery Clerk Sugar Mullins describes Ashmore as being “set in his ways.”
“If his mind was made up about something, you weren’t going to change it,” Mullins said. He said Ashmore took care of his people in Beat 2, took care of their roads and was very, very good with the county budget.
“He was good with numbers and he was very, very tight with the county’s money,” Mullins said. “If he believed something shouldn’t be spent, you couldn’t convince him otherwise. He was a good supervisor and we need more like him,” Mullins said.
He said Ashmore had a great love for the county as a whole, and avoided contracting out jobs to any company that didn’t have ties to the county.
“If they wanted the job here, their daddy or their granddaddy had better been from Carroll County,” Mullins said laughing. “He just loved Carroll County.”
One story Mullins remembers of Ashmore was when the county was seeking grants.
“They [Supervisors] said ‘We’re going to get a grant for this and we’re going to get a grant for that,’ he said ‘Look, Santa Claus quit coming a long time ago,’” Mullins said. “Honey was one of a kind. When it was time to do the budget, I was always thankful to have him. We had our differences, but he was a very good supervisor.”
Board president Rickie Corley said Ashmore was a great leader for the county and a good solid man.
“Before I took office, after I was elected, I was at the Vaiden courthouse and Ralph Self [former Carroll County circuit and chancery clerk] was giving me a heads up about things and he said, ‘You know, I’ve worked with people in the government, county and the state and nobody knows county government like Honey Ashmore,’” Corley said. “And when someone tells you that you take notice of it. So, I used to watch and he was right. Nobody knew county government like Honey.”
Corley echoed Mullins saying when Ashmore made up his mind, there wasn’t any changing it.
“It wasn’t always a bed of roses. We had our differences, but he was great leader. He was good for Carroll County,” he said.
See Ashmore’s obituary on page 6.
