{"id":318,"date":"2024-08-21T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:53:48","slug":"what-a-tragedy-the-whole-country-is-mourning-the-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"What a tragedy! The whole country is mourning the passing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>PAINFUL LOSS 18-year-old rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford dies in freak accident with horse, just weeks before he was supposed to reach a lifelong goal. A YOUNG rodeo roper died this week after being dragged across an open field by his horse.Unexpectedly, 18-year-old Ace Patton Ashford died on August 12 while helping a sick cow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-28-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15487\" style=\"width:153px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The terrible event took place around 8 a.m. in the area of Chilton, Texas, which is about 20 miles south of Waco.According to NBC affiliate KPLCTV, bad things happened when Ashford and the calf scared a nearby horse.The Lott Volunteer Fire Department said, \u201cThe man\u2019s leg got caught, and the horse dragged him quite a distance in an open field.\u201dWhen Ashford was found, he had injuries to his head but his heart was beating and he was breathing.He was then taken to the hospital by helicopter, but he died there from his injuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-35.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15485\" style=\"width:181px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>They said Ashford was in \u201cbad shape\u201d when they found him.In Texas, Ashford was a skilled roper who was almost done with a lifelong goal this summer.The 18-year-old was only a few weeks away from starting college when the terrible thing happened.He graduated from Rosebud-Lott High School not long ago and was going to Hill College in the fall.In his obituary, it was written that he loved rodeo and Western life.\u201cAce would dedicate innumerable hours to roping in order to reach his full potential,\u201d it said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-41-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15484\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>\u201cAce loved spending his time in the great outdoors hunting, rodeoing, or just hanging out with his buddies,\u201d said the obituary.Everyone Ace knew loved him and thought the world of him.\u201cAce never met a stranger, and he had an old soul.\u201dThe obituary site was full of touching tributes to the 18-year-old.\u201cAce was an amazing young man!\u201d \u201cThe sun shone brighter around him because he was so kind and happy,\u201d someone wrote.\u201cAce was a great person who was also polite and ready for the future,\u201d said someone else.DRAGON LIFEAccording to Sports Illustrated, Ashford was born into a family that loved animals because both of his parents were rodeo competitors.He had competed with his older brother Ross, who also made it to the National Finals Qualifier.Ashford\u2019s girlfriend Sydney Boatright also wrote a short Facebook post about him.Under a picture of them, she wrote, \u201cI love you forever, Ace Patton.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAINFUL LOSS 18-year-old rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford dies in freak accident with horse, just weeks before he was supposed to reach a lifelong goal. 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