Our Team

Dr. J. Ashley Parker was born in Murfreesboro, NC and then moved to Roanoke Rapids, NC where he was a 1990 graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School.  He went on to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where he received a BS in Chemistry in 1994.  Based on his experiences with small town doctors while growing up in rural Eastern NC and his exposure to sciences and health care in college, Dr. Parker realized his desire to return to Eastern NC to practice Family Medicine.  He attended East Carolina University School of Medicine where he was a NC Rural Health Scholar and an Alpha Omega Alpha Honors graduate in 2000.  After completing his Family Medicine residency at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA in 2003, Dr. Parker joined Rocky Mount Family Medical Center in Rocky Mount, NC.  He practiced medicine there for 12 1/2 years before going out on his own to open Freedom Family Medicine.  Dr. Ashley Parker met his wife, Dr. Holly Parker, who is a native of Kinston, NC, while they were in medical school together at ECU.  They were married in 2000, and they have 5 children who keep things interesting at home!  Dr. Parker served in the North Carolina Army National Guard for almost 13 years including 2 deployments to Iraq.  He is an avid outdoorsman and especially enjoys hunting deer and duck.  He also enjoys playing or watching almost any sport, and he loves to sing in his church choir.  Most importantly however, Dr. Parker seeks to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ with his entire life.

Tashauna R. Dickens, RN, grew up near Enfield, NC and is a 1996 graduate of Northwest Halifax High School.  She was a hard worker from her youth.  After high school she went to work at Consolidated Diesel.  Her goal was to become a nurse, so she went back to school and received her Licensed Practical Nurse diploma in 2005 from Nash Community College.  She then worked at Rocky Mount Family Medical Center and Hunter Hill Rehabilitation while taking classes for her Associates Degree in Nursing (RN).  She graduated from that program at Halifax Community College in 2007.  Subsequently, Tashauna worked at Rocky Mount Family Medical Center and Nash General Hospital (Med/Surg, Oncology) as a nurse and at Nash Community College as a Nursing Assistant II Instructor.  Her most recent position was as Staff Development Coordinator at Rocky Mount Rehab.  Believe it or not, she is currently taking classes for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing!  She has been at Freedom Family Medicine from the very beginning and serves as the Office Manager. Tashauna is married to Demetrius Dickens, and they have 4 daughters and 1 grandson. Tashauna enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to movies, doing word search and jig saw puzzles, and going to church.