Opal Chitwood Asher Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Opal Chitwood Asher in Hazard, Kentucky, born in Winfield, Tennessee, who passed away on February 1, 2026, at the age of 96, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Granville Cecil Chitwood and Susie Jane Strunk Chitwood; her husband Curt Asher; and her great grandchild Gabriella Asher. She is survived by: her children, Ronnie Asher (Betty), Anna Deaton (Bob), Curtis Asher and Deborah Asher Andrasz (Steve); her grandchildren, Donavan Asher, Denise Kirkland, Kevin Asher (Holly), Curt Stanley Asher, Keith Deaton (Rachel), Matthew Beaty, Wesley Asher and Austin Asher; her great grandchildren, Nicholas Beaty, Donovan Beaty, Jayden Beaty, Bryson Beaty, Sophia Asher, Brady Asher, Brylee Asher, Brixton Asher, Jenna Kirkland, Andrew Kirkland (Kaila) and Trevor Deaton; her great great grandchildren, Lance Kirkland and Jensen Kirkland; her siblings, Herman Chitwood, Vernon Chitwood, Edwin Chitwood, Donald Chitwood, Eva Burchfield, Edith Shumpert and Elizabeth Morris; and her daughter-in-law Hilda Asher.
