CARL J. RUSK, Obituary, 20 Jul 2001, Coke County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
20 October 2001
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The Observer/Enterprise, 27 Jul 2001, Robert Lee, TX

RUSK

Carl J. Rusk, 80, died early Friday morning at the Shannon Medical 
Center in San Angelo.

Funeral services were at 9 am, Monday, July 23, 2001 at the United
Methodist Church in Robert Lee.  The Rev. Jim Reeves, pastor, 
officiated.  Burial followed in the Robert Lee Cemetery.  Arrangements
were by Shaffer Funeral Home.

Carl J. Rusk was born June 25, 1921 in Atoka, Oklahoma to Hiram and 
Priscilla (Pink) Rusk.  He graduated from Breckenridge High School in 
1938.  During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard PT boats
in the South Pacific.

After the war, Carl went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone 
Company.  He was a contruction foreman and in 1956 supervised work on 
building the first telephone line to Big Bend National Park.

On October 6, 1956, he married Bennie Helen Turney Simpson.  They 
moved from Alpine to Lubbock when he was transferred there for line 
construction in the Lubbock District.  He retired from Southwestern
Bell in 1972.

In 1975, Carl and Bennie moved to the Turney farm just south of Robert
Lee.  Carl raised Beefmaster cattle and retired from ranching in 1997.

Carl was active in the National insulator Association and participated 
in area and national insulator shows.

Carl was proceded in death by his parents, his step-mother, Wannona 
Rusk, his brother, Lynn Rusk, and two nephews, Baylor Lynn Rusk and 
John Charles Rusk.

Carl is survived by his wife of 44 years, Bennie Helen Rusk, one 
daughter, Carla Cavness and his granddaughter, Cara Cavness, both of 
Robert Lee; one son, John Simpson and his wife Jeanne of Estes Park, 
CO.; a grandson, David Simpson of Estes Park; a granddaughter, Beth 
Pedrini of Phoenix, AZ.; one brother, Ed Rusk and his wife, Linda of 
Edgewater, Maryland; one niece, Jenny Hammock of Midland; and one 
nephew, Steve Rusk of Arlington.  He is survived by numerous cousins.

Pallbearers were Mike Bagwell, Joe David Key, Ben Bessent, 
Randy Bessent, Bill Allen, Royce Baird, and Fred Homeyer.