UPDATE: 16 AUGUST 07

Don Ashton’s Memorial Service

The Memorial Service for Don Ashton will be held on Sunday, August 26th at 2pm. The service will be held at the following location:

Gethsemane Baptist Church
2523 Clay Mathis Rd.
Mesquite, Tx 75181
(972) 222-0864

The family of Don has requested that in Lieu of flowers and/or gifts, to please bring a Teddy Bear. These will be collected and donated to the Scottish Rite Hospital of Dallas in Don’s name.

You may or may not know that Don’s nickname was “Bear”, so this is a fitting tribute.

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Those of us in the biking community have lost one of our favorites.

Don Ashton, Area District Manager for Firestone, was killed early Saturday morning en route home from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Early reports are Don was a passenger in the Hummer and William Helton (another Firestone member) was driving and Don’s wife, Kelly was also a passenger. The Hummer was hit so hard by a Camaro that is rolled and Don was thrown out of the vehicle (he was wearing a seat belt) and died instantly. Kelly has extensive injuries with a back broken in 3 places and possible paralysis below the waist and Will suffered multiple broken bones.

Firestone management has been on the scene to facilitate the care and transport of their “family” back home to Dallas. There is no word yet on a funeral/memorial service.

For those in the Dallas area motorcycle / automotive scene, keep checking this post as updates will be made available as they arrive.

UPDATE 15 AUG 07:

The following blog is being maintained as updates occur: http://heltontexas.blogspot.com/

The most current info on Kelly Ashton’s condition can be found there.

The photos of the wreck can be found here: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BaNmzFu0aKI2Q&emid=sharshar&linkid=link5

There is still no word on a memorial/funeral service as of yet.

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