A former Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Officer killed in a car accident in Coles County will have her funeral on Monday. Jennie Ashley, a Champaign County Correctional Officer was fatally injured in a traffic accident on Monday, June 3rd. Sheriff Paul F. Kuhns of Effingham County says that she will be greatly missed and their hearts and prayers go out to her friends and family, and her three girls.
Visitation is Monday, June 10th from 11 AM until 2 PM at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham at 1110 North 4th Street. The funeral will immediately follow the visitation at Wheeler Cemetery. There will be a Law Enforcement walk-through at 1 PM at the Funeral Home. Ashley worked for the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office from March 2008 to October 2020.
