Thank You New Franklin for honoring my son Joseph.

FRANKLIN , OHIO — The city is designating West Nimisila Road
between South Main Street and state Route 93 as the
Joseph Allen “Joey” Ashley Memorial Highway to honor the
U.S. Navy machinist 2nd class who died in a submarine accident in 2005.
Ashley, a 1999 graduate of Manchester High School , lived on the stretch
of road when he enlisted in the Navy in 2001. The 24-year-old sailor was
on the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco on Jan. 9 when it struck
an undersea mountain in the western Pacific.
He was thrown 20 feet, striking his head on a large metal pump.
He lost consciousness and died the next day. Sixty other sailors were
injured but Ashley was the only one who died.