View Comments Jean Ashley Stone, the last living child of the George and Jenny Ashley family, died July 15, 2021, at the age of 99. The Ashley family is well known to many El Pasoans through their restaurant Ashley’s Gardens. I wrote about George Ashley and his canning business back in 2009: George N. Ashley was probably best known as the founder and chairman of the board of Ashley's Inc., a producer of Mexican foods. He started his business in 1931 after leaving his job with the railroad to open a milk bar. According to an Aug. 9, 1953, article the first day's gross receipts were "a few pennies over three dollars."