Dispatch: 615-444-1412

Fax: 615-444-WCSO (9276)

Jail: 615-444-5686

Narcotics Division: 615-444-1459
Fax: 615-453-6056

Detective Division: 615-444-1459
Fax: 615-453-3406

Crime Stoppers: 615-444-5245

 Sheriff Ashe was born in Wilson County, Tennessee. He was born November 22, 1948 to Joseph Henry Ashe and Audrey Clark Gregory. He was raised on a farm in the Tuckers Cross Road Community and later moved to Lebanon, Tennessee. He was a paper boy at age 10, and has been at public working since then. He was educated in the Wilson County/Lebanon School System. He was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1966 and served in Vietnam from 1967-1968. He later served his Country with the Tennessee National Guard. He later owned his own restaurant and a small farm, while working as a General Forman for the Robert Shaw Corp. In 1972 he entered Law Enforcement part-time and in 1974 full-time. He has worked as the Counties Chief Deputy, the City of Lebanon Chief of Detectives, and Sheriff of Wilson County since 1982. He and his wife, Beth attend Immanuel Baptist Church and his daughter, Jesse, is a student at Vol State Community College.