Joey Ansberry

Sunday, August 15, 2004

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Joseph Raymond "Joey" Ansberry, 18, died Aug. 11, 2004, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.

Born Aug. 11, 1986, in Farmington, Mo., son of Michael William and Therese Marie Backfisch Ansberry of Clarksville, he was a student.

He is also survived by one sister, Vanessa Ansberry of Clarksville; his paternal grandparents, Dr. William Francis and Ruth Elizabeth Ansberry of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; three uncles, Harold Backfisch of Benton, Mo., and Jerome Backfisch and Vincent Backfisch of New Hamburg, Mo.; and one aunt, Mary Ann Chaney of Bethalto, Ill.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton, where parish prayers are scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg. The Rev. James Seyer will officiate.

Burial will follow in the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery.