Fire Destroys Home 2 Days After Death of Her Husband / 1 Year After Death of Her Son

A fire on Friday destroyed a family home in Murfreesboro, TN...

The fire occurred just two days after Melissa Ashford lost her husband Herbert who was known by friends and family as Roho. 

Ashford told us that she was not home when the fire happened.

Ashford's family believes that someone started the fire on purpose. They told us that the Fire Marshal's investigation looks to be leaning towards arson.

One year prior to her husband dying and then her home being destroyed by fire, her son Zack died. Ashford recalls how he loved football at Oakland High School where he played...

Now, Melissa Ashford is forced to not only pay for her husband to be properly buried, but to also rebuild her life as her home and everything in it was completely paid for - but she did not have ANY insurance to cover everything that was lost, including her home.

HELP Melissa Ashford:

Friends of Mrs. Ashford have set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to pay for funeral expenses. 

FULL INTERVIEW AUDIO: 

I had a chance to sit down and talk to Melissa Ashford outside the charred remains of her home on Monday (2/17/2020):

I also talked to Mrs. Ashford about the loss of her son about one year ago:

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The Valley of Fire

I took this photo this past Saturday in the "Valley of Fire" park just outside of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert.

The formations of red rocks are artistic in the way they bend, drop and overlap one another.

On a side note: The Valley of Fire was used as the secret headquarters for the fictional black militant helicopter known as Airwolf. The TV show aired on CBS from 1984 to 1987.

A fire took it away

I met with David Lane today.

Lane, his wife and four children lost everything they owned in a house fire that occurred on Peachtree Street in Murfreesboro, TN on November 30, 2017.

Lane told me that the home was the only house his children have ever known, which made the fire so much harder. The home held their memories inside the walls along with photographs, clothing and more.

To make matters harder on the family, they did not have renters insurance to cover their losses. However, thanks to a teacher at Mitchell Neilson School who teaches one the Lane children, word that the family of six needed help fast.

Mr. Lane said that the community came together and helped them in a major way. In fact, he said that despite the loss this past Christmas was the best Christmas the family has ever had.

“I will be stronger than my sadness.”  ― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes