Williamson County IL Archives Obituaries.....Rushing, Francis Luther December 24, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew Ferricks Rlferricks2@aol.com May 15, 2006, 7:36 pm Marion Daily Republican, December 24, 1947 Death Claims F. L. Rushing. Former Carterville Merchant Died in Hospital. Funeral services will be held, Friday at 2 p.m. in the Grand Avenue Baptist church, Carterville, for Francis Luther Rushing, Carterville merchant for many years. Interment in Oakwood cemetery. He passed away at 12:15 a.m. in the Herrin Hospital, after an illness of three weeks. He was born near Cottage Home, south of Carterville on May 7, 1879, the son of Francis and Sarah Rushing. He is survived by his wife Frances Ellen Rushing, who he married May 26, 1899; two sons and a daughter, Lester of Mt. Vernon, Robert F. of Herrin and Mrs. Marie Taylor of West Frankfort; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and a sister Mrs. Lucinda Baggott of Royalton. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/williamson/obits/r/rushing75nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb