Obit:Emmett Henry Rushing, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Donnis M. Banks


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Source: The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, La.)

Funeral services for Emmett Henry Rushing, 73, of Baskin, 
were Tuesday at 2 PM at the Pleasant Hale Baptist Church of 
Baskin with the Rev. Ed Weatherly officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of 
Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Mr. Rushing died Sunday morning at the Glenwood Hospital 
in West Monroe following a brief illness.

He was a native of Mississippi and a resident of Franklin Parish 
for the past 36 years.  He was a retired farmer, a deacon and a
 member of the Pleasant Hale Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Reta Rushing, Baskin; a son, 
Troy Rushing, Shreveport; two daughters, Mrs. Bernice McKeithen,
 Baskin and Mrs. Pauline Anthony, Monroe; two brothers, Enoch 
Rushing and Floyd Rushing, both of Brookhaven, Mississippi; 
four sisters, Mrs. Stella Rushing, Mrs. Clara Bell Trimble, 
both of Brookhaven, Mississippi; Mrs. Fannie McComb and Mrs. 
Mammie Trammel, both of Ekiah, California; 11 grandchildren 
and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Don Burns, Clyde Mullican, Slyvester Johns, 
Noble Flint, Lloyd McManus and Wayne McManus.