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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Ashley R. Henley
| name=Ashley Renee Pollock Henley
| image=Ashley Henley MS.jpg
| image=Ashley Henley MS.jpg
| office=[[Mississippi]] State Representative<br> for District 40 (DeSoto County)
| office=[[Mississippi]] State Representative<br> for District 40 (DeSoto County)
| preceded=Pat Nelson
| preceded=Pat Nelson
| succeeded=Hester Jackson-McCray
| succeeded=Hester Jackson-McCray
| birth_date=1981
| birth_date=May 17, 1981
| birth_place=
| birth_place=
| death_date=June 13, 202alobusha County,1 (aged 40)
| death_date=June 13, 202alobusha County,1 (aged 40)
| residence=Southaven<br>DeSoto County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| residence=Southaven<br>DeSoto County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
}}
'''Ashley R. Henley''' (1981 – June 13, 2021) was an [[educator]] in Southhaven, [[Mississippi]] who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 40 in DeSoto County in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web| url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/henley.xml|title=Ashley Henley|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
'''Ashley Renee Pollock Henley''' (May 17, 1981 – June 13, 2021) was an [[educator]] in Southhaven, [[Mississippi]] who served as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 40 in DeSoto County in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web| url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/henley.xml|title=Ashley Henley|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
From 1996 to 2008, Henley was a [[motion picture]] projectionist. In 2000, she obtained an Associate of Arts degree in secondary education from Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, at which she was since 2010 an adjunct history instructor. She then procured bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2002, she was employed by the DeSoto County School District.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5IFLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> In 2004, she won the state competition for the [[James Madison]] Memorial Fellowship, which allowed her to study the [[Constitution of the United States]] and its importance in education through a special course at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=billstatus/>
From 1996 to 2008, Henley was a [[motion picture]] projectionist. In 2000, she obtained an Associate of Arts degree in secondary education from Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, at which she was since 2010 an adjunct history instructor. She then procured bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2002, she was employed by the DeSoto County School District.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5IFLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> In 2004, she won the state competition for the [[James Madison]] Memorial Fellowship, which allowed her to study the [[Constitution of the United States]] and its importance in education through a special course at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=billstatus/>
In 2019, Henley's former opponent, Hester Jackson McCray, unseated her by fourteen votes. Henley unsuccessfully took her case to the Republican-controlled state House, which ruled in favor of the Democrat.<ref name=death/>
In 2019, Henley's former opponent, Hester Jackson McCray, unseated her by fourteen votes. Henley unsuccessfully took her case to the Republican-controlled state House, which ruled in favor of the Democrat.<ref name=death/>
Henley was found shot to death in June 2021 in [[rural]] Yalobusha County, seventy miles south of DeSoto County. Her exact date of death is under investigation. Henley reportedly had been mowing the lawn at a house prior to the murder. The body of her sister-in-law, Kristina Michelle Jones, was found at the same house on December 26, 2020. A homemade sign at the site has photos of Jones under the phrase, “I was murdered.”<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mississippi-ex-lawmaker-killed-near-home-of-slain-relative/ar-AAL2wDh?ocid=msedgntp|title=Mississippi: Ex-lawmaker killed near home of slain relative|publisher=msn.com|date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>
Henley was found shot to death in June 2021 at a burned house in [[rural]] Yalobusha County, seventy miles south of DeSoto County. Her exact date of death is under investigation. Henley reportedly had been mowing the lawn at the house prior to the murder. The body of her sister-in-law, Kristina Michelle Jones, was found at the same house on December 26, 2020. A homemade sign at the site has photos of Jones under the phrase, “I was murdered.”<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mississippi-ex-lawmaker-killed-near-home-of-slain-relative/ar-AAL2wDh?ocid=msedgntp|title=Mississippi: Ex-lawmaker killed near home of slain relative|publisher=msn.com|date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>
Henley's former colleague, [[Dan Eubanks]] of DeSoto County wrote in a [[Facebook]] post that he was heartbroken and angry about Henley's death. “What an absolute loss to our state, county, me personally, and most importantly her dear family. Please pray for her husband and son and their extended family ... and that God’s justice will be served on those responsible.”<ref name=death/>
Henley's former colleague, [[Dan Eubanks]] of DeSoto County wrote in a [[Facebook]] post that he was heartbroken and angry about Henley's death. “What an absolute loss to our state, county, me personally, and most importantly her dear family. Please pray for her husband and son and their extended family ... and that God’s justice will be served on those responsible.”<ref name=death/>