ASHLEY LAINE HENDERSON HUFF 1st Lieutenant Ashley Laine Henderson Huff, 23, died September 19, 2006, in Mosul, Iraq. She was killed in action while proudly serving her country in the United States Army. Commissioned at the University of Georgia through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, she joined the U. S. Army in May 2004 and was deployed to Iraq in December 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she performed the duties of a platoon leader. Her only unit of assignment was the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, Fort Stewart, GA. The United States Military has awarded 1LT Huff the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon. She was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and the Combat Action Badge. Ashley is survived by her husband Brian Huff of Savannah, GA, her parents Mark and Janet Henderson, her brother Andrew and her sister Abby of Buford, GA; her grandmother, Joyce Oliver of Baton Rouge, LA, a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins as well as an abundance of friends. Also surviving are father and mother-in-law Mike and Debbie Huff of Lawrenceville, GA, sister-in-law Christy Medlin and her husband Ben Medlin of Buford, GA. Born December 19th, 1982 in Covington, LA, Ashley spent most of childhood in her beloved Baton Rouge, LA, before moving with her family to Belle Mead, NJ where she completed both middle and high schools. She graduated from the University of Georgia in May 2004 where she was a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority and an avid Georgia Bulldog football fan. Ashley Laine Henderson married Brian Michael Huff on August 13th, 2005. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 30, 2006, at 2:00 PM at Prince Avenue Baptist Church, 595 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30601. Interment will follow in Oconee Hill Cemetery located directly next to Sanford Stadium. The family will receive friends Friday, September 29, 2006 from 6:00 until 9:00 PM at the Lord & Stephens Funeral Home West, located at 1211 Jimmy Daniel Road, Bogart, GA 30622 (706-549-3342) just outside of Athens, GA. Those desiring may send donations in Ashley's memory to either the Days End Farm Horse Rescue located in Libson, MD, or the Liberty County Humane Shelter located in Hinesville, GA.Lord and Stephens, WEST, is in charge of arrangements.