Obituaries:  Mrs. Bessie A. Simpson Bush, Sabine Parish       B-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 8, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Bessie A. Simpson Bush

  Services for Mrs. Bessie Bush, 70, of Sulphur, were held at 10
a.m., Tuesday, April 22, at the South Sulphur Church of Christ.
James Brashier, and Shelton Berryman officiated.

  Visitation was held from 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, at Warren Meadows
Funeral Home of Many. Burial was in Jerusalem Cemetery, at 4
p.m., under the direction of Hammer Memorial Funeral Home of
Sulphur.

  Mrs. Bush, a native of Many, died Sunday, April 20, 1986, at 7
a.m., in West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, after a lengthy
illness. She had been a resident of Sulphur for the past 12
years.

  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother,
and Christian. She was a member of the South Sulphur Church of
Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Wilmer
Bush.

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lou (Shirley) Andrepont of
Sulphur, and Mrs. Richard (Bonnie) Algire of Santa Fe, New
Mexico; one son, Joseph Wayne Bush of Sulphur; three brothers,
Hamp, Horace E., and James E. "Mike" Simpson, all of Many; four
sisters, Mrs. Beulah Mitchell of DeRidder, Mrs. Lurlene Adams of
Alexandria, Mrs. Laura Flenniken, and Mrs. Pinkeye Mitchell, both
of Many; eight grandchildren; three step grandchildren; seven
great grandchildren; and six step great grandchildren; many
nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Randy Bush, David Cotton, Jr., Stoney Cotton,
Rick Laughlin, Steve White, and Keith Smith. Honorary pallbearers
were Mike Anderpont, and Curtis Festervand.

  The family requests that memorials be made to the American
Cancer Society.