Monica Daugherty Ash, 75, of Beaumont, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth.

A native of Beaumont, Monica was born February 14, 1934, and was a retired teacher for the Beaumont Independent School District. Except for brief residences in Houston and Alaska, Monica spent her entire life in Beaumont. She attended school at St. Anne, St. Anthony High School, Our Lady of Victory College in Fort Worth and Lamar Tech. She was an accomplished piano virtuoso, dedicated elementary school and special education teacher and a tirelessly devoted mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed.

She is preceded in death by her precious daughter, Katrina Harbour; and beloved parents, Mary and John Daugherty.

Survivors include her sons, Chris Harbour of Beaumont and Bobby Harbour, Jr. of Houston; daughters, Julie Reid of Anchorage, Alaska and Jennifer Hakes of Kenosha, Wisconsin; sisters, Mary May Melancon of Las Vegas, Nevada and Margaret Ann Frasher of Beaumont; brothers, Joe Daugherty of Atlanta, Georgia and John Daugherty of Sugarland; and grandchildren, Thomas Harbour, Christine Harbour, Casey Eshelman, Kristin Eshelman, Travis Carbaugh, Emily Harbour, Jacob Harbour, Mary Hakes, and Johnathan Hakes.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church with Reverend William Manger officiating under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of her family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2009, with a rosary recited at 7:00 p.m., at the mortuary.