Requiescat In Pace . . . Catholic Physician James Asher Dies, Laid To Rest November 22
By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Usually a motorcycle or three waiting in the church parking lot for a funeral are the regular escorts for a hearse going to the cemetery. But as the casket with the body of James Asher, D.O., headed to the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, north of Phoenix, about a dozen motorcyclists betokened both his love of riding ’cycles and his military service.As a veteran of both the U.S. Marines (captain) and U.S. Army (colonel), Asher had his funeral procession fittingly accompanied by the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders, an association that sees servicemen to their resting place, on November 22. Asher received a military gun salute before his modest wood casket was lowered into the grave…Continue Reading