Obit of Ella Melissa (Spradley) Rushing - Pike Co., and Montgomery, AL -------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Lygia Dawkins Cutts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:51:16 -0600 Contributed By "Ronald D. Bridges" Obit of Ella Melissa (Spradley) Rushing - Pike Co., and Montgomery, AL The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL Aug 27 1963 Rushing, Mrs. Ella M., 89, died Monday at her residence, 1925 West St., Montgomery. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the McGehee Funeral Chapel with the Rev. W. H. Swearingen officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, McGehee Funeral Home of Troy directing. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Kate Sellers and Mrs. Foye Black, both of Montgomery; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Lee Porath, Montgomery and Mrs. Carrie M. Coll, Baton Rouge, La.; nine grandchildren and 19 great- grandchildren. Note: Ella Melissa Spradley (b. 6 Jan 1874 in Patsburg, Crenshaw Co., AL & d. 26 Aug 1963 in Montgomery, AL) married Joseph Johnston Rushing (b. 9 Oct 1868 in Pike Co., AL & d. 8 Mar 1953 in Montgomery, AL) on 8 Sep 1897 in Ansley, Pike Co., AL. They are both buried in Oakwook Cemetery, Troy AL. Researched by their Great Grandson, Ronald Davis Bridges.