Louie Hickman Ashcraft
Missionary to Mexico, also known as Buster and Popsy.
Louie Hickman Ashcraft, also known in his youth as Buster and later to his grandchildren as Popsy, married Eva Oceal Lemon on June 30, 1941, in Weatherford, Texas. According to Eva's memoir, he contracted polio at three months of age, affecting his right arm, and learned to do tasks with his left hand.
Missionary work in Mexico
Louie and Eva reached Monterrey on November 15, 1960. The couple's work included evangelistic visits to villages, training young Christians, and the development of the Monte Hebrón property and ministries.
Historical source
Eva Lemon de Ashcraft, Eva: Las historias de valor, aventura y fe de una madre misionera, pp. 1, 32, 147–149. The memoir is a first-person family account; additional archival sources may expand this biography.
Sources and references
- Eva: Las historias de valor, aventura y fe de una madre misionera
Last updated: 2026-11-04 22:29:12