RUSHING, ROBERT SIDNEY - Union County, Arkansas | ROBERT SIDNEY RUSHING - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Robert Sidney RUSHING

Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Union County,
Arkansas

January 16, 1928 - November 22, 1969

Robert S. Rushing, an El Dorado geologist, was killed Saturday in the crash of a light plane he was piloting to a landing at a private airstrip at Lake Village, authorities said. Officers said the single-engine aircraft struck a utility pole while making the landing approach to the airstrip near Chicot Implement Co. Born Jan. 16, 1928, the son of Dr. S. P. and Mildred King Rushing, he was a lifelong resident of Union County. He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of the United Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jessie Bailey Rushing, El Dorado; two daughters, Sharon Rushing and Martha Rushing, both of Dexter, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Gorishek, Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Janice O'Quinn, St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Marie Driscoll, Seattle, Wash, his father, Dr. S. P. Rushing, Lake Village. Funeral services will be held at Young's Chapel at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Ralph Hale officiating assisted by the Rev. Alan Abraham. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery under the direction of Young's. Active pallbearers will be Rodney Landes, Dr. David Beilew, Dewey Blackwood, Leroy L. Duncan, Charles McMillian and Adolph Chandler. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Newell, Dr. Gardner Landers, Dr. J.G. Bell, Dr. Worth Wilkerson and George Logan. (El Dorado Times - November 24, 1969)

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Submitted: 7/11/20 • Approved: 1/14/24 • Last Updated: 1/17/24 • R1328413-G0-S3

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